Team Geared Up » america http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com talking about outdoor adventure... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:09:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en © robin@bytesurgery.com () robin@bytesurgery.com() 1440 talking about outdoor adventure... robin@bytesurgery.com No no http://homedir-b.libsyn.com/podcasts/a7d06df132db6001b6053c87a6356197/487cc283/bytesurgery/images/tgu.jpg Team Geared Up http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com 144 144 Liftopia.com: Discount Ski Lift Tickets http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2008/01/liftopiacom-discount-ski-lift-tickets.html http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2008/01/liftopiacom-discount-ski-lift-tickets.html#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:14:49 +0000 Robin Blandford http://blog.TeamGearedUp.com/2008/01/liftopiacom-discount-ski-lift-tickets.html 1_9c42ed33666fd7ff4e6fac41c0a5bac6.jpg

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - At present it may be U.S. resorts only, but Liftopia.com is attempting to get cheap ski-tickets to snow sports enthusiasts.

Liftopia partners with leading resorts across the nation in an effort to get people like you to their slopes more often. We work directly with our Resort Partners to identify opportunities for discounts and promotions that give downhill adventurers more opportunities to ski and snowboard for less. Liftopia is the best place to find great lift ticket deals at mountain resorts nationwide.

From what I make of this, ski-resorts will post up cheap tickets on Utopia for low-days where not enough are forecast to be sold. It doesn’t cost them any extra to have a skier on the slope once the lifts are running. Better to have some money than none. I guess this is not far off the RyanAir / Budget Airline model of once the plane is flying you may as well fill it.

It’ll be interesting to see if this is a success and transitions to Europe.

-Robin-

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DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - In July on enduranceplanet.com Scott Jurek made some comments about Dean Karnazes and his recent awards such as the ESPY and gracing the cover of Outside magazine and they claimed he is “America’s Best Outdoor Athlete”. Dean replied to his comments in an interview with thefinalsprint.com by saying the he isn’t as competitive as he would like to be at the moment due to his work and traveling but that thinks he is deserving of the ESPY award as it isn’t titled America’s best runner or ultra runner but “Best Outdoor Athlete”. He also goes onto say the he believes Jurek is probably the best Ultra runner in the states at the moment, something that not many people are likely to argue. I wonder will the debate continue or has Dean put it to rest??

Dean Karnazes at badwater

-Eoinod-

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LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The U.S. Coast Guard announced during a ceremony today in Grand Haven, Mich., for its 217th birthday that 1,109,310 lives have been saved since its establishment in 1790. Thanks to Irish Coast Guard member for news-tip.

Top ten rescue videos is available here

-Robin-

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