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Nov
28
2007
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2:27pm Irish Climbing: Reader Poll - Stakes in Dalkey Quarry

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - An interesting post appeared on climbing.ie during the week, and a suitable debate has followed. The author is ‘Arther Aggs’, specifically not ‘Arthur’, any idea who this is? Is it an anagram? maybe, so from now on I’m going to call him &#[...] Read More »


Nov
15
2007
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1:50pm Scouting Ireland: I’m a Movie Star

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - A film crew joined us at EC2K7 last April to film a promotional video for Scouting Ireland’s 2008 Jamboree. I was asked to get their camera women up a very big tree and rig her & the camera up there ~ 25m high! They then did takes of some of the Scouts climb[...] Read More »


Oct
4
2007
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11:55pm Video: Deep Water Solo - Rob Lamey F8a

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - All Climbing Blog alerted me to the video featured on UKClimbing of Rob Lamey on the first ascent of The Heel Hook Look 25m F8a, a deep water solo on Little Orme. The Heel Hook Look climbs across the obvious right-to-left rising break on Craig y Don Lower, Great Orme[...] Read More »


Sep
13
2007
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7:52pm The next level, skiing all 14 of the world’s 8000 metre peaks!

DERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Climbing all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks is old hat, so a new generation of adventurers is gearing up for what could be mountaineering’s next great challenge — getting down them on skis. Heading into Nepal’s Himalayan mo[...] Read More »


Aug
25
2007
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11:58pm Dave MacLeod: The Great Climb To Hell And Back

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - While The Great Climb was cancelled due to weather, Dave posts on his blog that he’s completed the Hell’s Lum climb that was to be done on the day. It’s the most dangerous lead I’ve ever done, and right now, I’m not sure exactly how I [...] Read More »


Jul
2
2007
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11:58pm Ski Greenland: Photos from the Icecap

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Remember Ski Greenland? They’ve now published all their photos on Flickr from the Icecap. Mustard & Matt have published over 200 photos - here’s a few of the gems. But do take a look at all of them. -Robin- [...] Read More »