Team Geared Up

Welcome! If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or enter your email: for updates. Thanks for visiting! 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[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton left them here in their way to the South Pole, at the beginning of the last century. I’ve read Scott’s biography (twice, in two different forms) and it is truly amazing that these physical objects[...] 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)- This years mens race was won by Korean Byeung Sik Ahn in a time of 4:02:37 and Cathrine Due of Denmark won the womens race in a time of 5:37:14. Congeratulations to both Peter Ferris and Wayne Pollock from Ireland you finished the tough course in 6:12:05 and 7:10:2[...] 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 »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team geared Up) Now here’s the kinda adventurous spirit we love round here: imagine your first marathon. Imagine the kinda scary trepidation that went along with it. The savage training and the constant doubts. Then imagine that you will be competing in the world’s cool[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Ok, so this is part III (see part I Gran Paradiso and part II Castor). This should get you in the mood for the Summer that’s not far away! We left off in Gressoney la Trinite near the Swiss-Italian border having climbed a great route on Castor. Back in our little [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) If you’re one of the few people left on this island who hasn’t seen this play then get out and see it. It’s brilliant. Aidan Dooley is absolutely incredible. He draws the crowd into the whole event in a way you’d never have thought possible b[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Thanks to John O’ Regan for the tip off via the new Team Geared Up messaging system (in the profiles section of each user). John sent us a link to Mark Pollock’s South Pole Race blog which gives details of the first race to the South Pole since the Scott/[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Tom Creaney and James Osborn work together in the Clothing Supply Chain for Tesco Stores Limited. Based at their largest distribution centre in the uk the pair struck up a friendship on a charity expedition in the Scottish Highlands back in 2006 where they bagged 5 Monr[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Best Outdoor Adventurous Ad ever! Cracks me up every time, I love it! What’s your favourite? -Aisling- [...] Read More »

SINGAPORE - The first scheduled passenger flight to Antarctica landed yesterday. The Australia/Hobart to the Australian Casey Station will fly weekly transporting public and scientists to the base. The first scheduled Australian passenger flight, Airbus A319, left the Australian city of Hobart the [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - Sir Edmund Hillary passed away aged 88 today. He needs no introduction as one of the most famous people in mountaineering history. I hope he will be remembered not only for being part of the first team to summit Everest but also for all the charity work he has car[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE - The Piton posted it so I stole their title, they got it right in one go “47.2 knots of pure awesome-ness”. This video is of The French Hydroptère when it broke a world record for the fastest sailing speed (not including icesailing) when they hit 47.2 knots. Unreal. I lov[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I have to admit, I haven’t been following this at all so I got this news from the Adventure Blog. The Beyond Endurance Irish team appear to have completed their expedition. All reports were that they were expected today. Can I take it from this that they did i[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Eh, how’d we miss this one!? In 2008 Simon Evans and Fearghal O’Nuallain will leave their homes in Wicklow (Ireland) and begin their attempt to circumnavigate the world by bike and by boat. So I spotted a trackback to TGU posted by Fearghal on the Revolution bl[...] Read More »