Team Geared Up

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Yes, Samantha Larson is on Annabelle’s case! As reported on every other blog, Samantha became the youngest person to complete the highest peak on each of the 7 continents during the week. It can’t be a disadvantage that she’s also hot. Annabelle Bond [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Don’t miss Bear Grylls blog. He’s just taken a record for the highest ever paraglider flight, by flying a lap of Everest’s summit! This guy is great: Soon our gps’s froze, followed soon after by our variometers. Our radios range was now reduced [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Aisling mentioned my hero ;-) had won a “Greatest Living Briton” award last night, I couldn’t let the chance go without giving a link to Ranulph Fiennes MySpace page where I found the fantastic video of his Eiger climb. Sir Ranulph Fiennes has confes[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - Picture of Horia Colibasanu holding Inaki on Annapurna. Good to know the world of High altitude mountaineering isn’t completely commercial just yet. And some climbers will still take the time out to have some fun! -Eoin- [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - Yesterday i was with the first group of people in Ireland to see MSR’s new revolutionary stove. The Reactor is by far the coolest stove ive ever seen. It took 2 and a half minutes for it to boil a litre of water right in front of us. But the coolest thing by[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - Sorry i’m a bit late with the report. Happened a couple of days ago now! Of the 14 8,000ers both have now summited 11 with Lhotse, Manaslu and K2 the only ones left. “The Kazakh climbers had a small amount of trouble on their descent,” has just h[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - Spanish climber Iñaki Ochoa de Olza has reached the summit of Dhaulagiri. Meanwhile there is no more news of the 2 Kazakhs attemping going up Everest as we speak. Mr. Ochoa has just Annapurna and Kangchenjunga left to summit. Iñaki topped-out today a[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - I wonder are these the highest arrests ever made? Although there may be the first summits of the year as Maxut and Vassily, 2 Kazakhs, are making and alpine style ascent from ABC on the North side. Without Oxygen, pre-set camps or any fixed ropes on the higher par[...] Read More »