Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Well Lewis Gordon Pugh is the guy who has been swimming in the North and South Pole waters before so at least he’ll be used to the cold. He plans to kayak for 10 hours a day in which he hopes he will cover 100km a day. When he reaches the most Northerly poin[...] 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 (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 »

BANGKOK, THAILAND (Team Geared Up) - Ben Saunders clearly has a love of the cold. An unknown name to me until last week, I found out that Ben was the youngest person to ever ski solo to the North Pole. Born in 1977, Ben grew up in Devon, was educated at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and liv[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Thanks to user “Crosshaven Lifeboat” for submitting a link to the personal diary of Emil Grimsson on the support crew while filming the BBC Top Gear Arctic Polar Expedition to the ‘Magnetic North Pole (1996)’. It’s a good look behind the s[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The Top Gear Polar Special aired tonight on BBC2. It was brilliant - having been trained up by Ranulph Fiennes, Jeremy Clarkson & James May set off to drive to the North Pole in a race against Richard Hammond who set off with the traditional Sledge Dogs. Watch Vid[...] Read More »

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 »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Karl Bushby has been attempting to walk around the world for 12 years. Currently he’s on the bearing straights floating ice sheets, which has not been crossed by foot, ever (apparently). BBC have been doing a documentary on them. It must be surreal to have an int[...] Read More »