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 (Team Geared Up) Irish extreme-adventurer runner Mark Pollock has named his team for the South Pole Race which includes ‘Noel Hanna’ and launched his new website SimplyDecide. Irish Ultra runner and friend of TGU John O’ Regan tells me he spoke to him yesterday fro[...] 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 »

BANGKOK, THAILAND - The Irish government has donated to the Antarctic Heritage Trust. The donation will provide them with funding to help conserve the Antarctic Base used by Irishmen Ernest Shackleton and Tom Crean, early in the last century. President McAleese surprised patrons at an Ireland Fund[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Just a reminder; Robin reported a while back that RTE were making a documentary called Beyond Endurance featuring explorer Pat Falvey. Well the first of this four part series airs tomorrow night at 7pm (Tuesday 23rd October) as a group of ordinary joes attempt to fo[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - This pair we previously talked about will try their hands now at skiing. Cracknell & Fogle have entered the South Pole Race. It’s not fair - I want to go to the pole too! Thanks to Eoin for dropping me the link. -Robin- (Image Credit: My signed copy of thei[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Couple of links to keep you entertained. Washington Post have a good Antarctica website all about The Dry Desert. Nice photos. The Gear Junkie features the Hero 3 digital camera. Straps to your wrist. Looks great but poor res for 2007. My phone isn’t much bigger a[...] Read More »