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Dec
7
2007
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1:51am Did He Switch Off her Air Supply?

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - I didn’t know about this until informed by an Australian tonight. It looks like a still from an action film, but an extraordinary picture of a diver lying prone on the seabed is at the heart of an Australian inquest. The grainy image was intended as a holiday sna[...] Read More »


Jul
25
2007
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4:53pm Alpine Climbing: 6 Dead in Europe Big Freeze

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Two of us are just back from a European Alps climbing trip so this news hits home. Six alpine climbers have died in separate incidents yesterday when temperature on the high mountain plummeted. 1,2,3,4: French authorities found four dead climbers on the Bionassay crest[...] Read More »

3:22pm Recovery: Body on Cliffs of Moher

Two Irish marine rescues this afternoon: RTE Report: Gardaí and rescue services are attempting to recover the body of a man found on rocks at the sea below the Cliffs of Moher. The Doolin Coastal Cliff rescue team along with the Shannon based rescue helicopter are working in the area to recover t[...] Read More »

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1:47pm Evening Standard: London Millionaire Dies On Chinese Peak

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The London Evening Standard is reporting the death, as pictured above) of a City Entrepreneur who was attempting to snowboard Mustagata, a remote 24,600ft mountain in China. He was on a full expedition team with guides and while suffering from bad altitude illness he w[...] Read More »