Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Friend of TGU Tony Mangan has been on to let us know about an incredible runner named Rosie Swale-Pope who has spent the last 5 years running round the world. On May 28th she would have caught a ferry to the Faroes Islands and by 18th June she will expect to land on[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team geared Up) According to RTE two Irish climbers reached the summit of Everest yesterday as part of Pat Falvey’s expedition team. Mick Murphy and Gerard McDonnell are the first Irish climbers to scale the peak in the anniversary, 50 years since the first climb by Edmund Hi[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - The Irish team have issued a press release May 8th 2008 from Everest Base Camp. The mountain is open! Now… let’s hope the rush of 285 climbers for the top doesn’t cause a loss of life. Fingers crossed. Chinese Summit Puts Irish Everest Plans Back On Tr[...] Read More »

UPDATE 2215hrs - Video of torch on summit via Reuters: SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - An incoming report on the news today started like this… EVEREST BASE CAMP, China (Reuters) - The Olympic torch was lit at the top of Mount Everest on Thursday, the crowning moment of the Beijing Games torch r[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Guide, Kenton Cool has begun posting photos of Ran Fiennes on Everest. They’ve begun acclimatising and the latest photos come in from Camp 2. You can follow them on the Mountain Hardware Sessions flickr stream which is well worth subscribing to. Why is this expe[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND(Team Geared Up) The first climber from the South side of everest has been sent packing after authorities found a Tibetan flag on the man. The banner was found on the man at B.C. Earlier this week Nepalese soldiers had been given the authorization that they are allowed to shoot prote[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Spotted on GO Blog, here’s a movie I will be queuing up to see. Blindsight the documentary/movie follows the gripping adventure of six Tibetan teenagers on their journey to climb a mountain in the shadow of Everest. Lhakpa-Ri peak, the goal of the expedition, is 2[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) It looks like the permanent permits for the South side of Everest have been issued for this year. However climbers will not be allowed move above camp 2 until the 1st of May and they will have to take a ‘rest’ at Base Camp between the 1-10th of May. This[...] Read More »