Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Si Moore broke the news of Ricky Bells impressive ascent last Thursday in Fairhead, giving Fairhead it’s second E8. An Bealach Eile (The Other Way), now gives Fairhead “its hardest route by a considerable margin” - Si Moore. Si, no stranger to h[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Myself and Steve McGowan have kicked off threads on the climbing.ie forums to try and collate a full list of all the best climbs in Ireland at their respective grades. Get yourselves over there to check out and add your thoughts! Best HS Best VS Best HVS Best E1 B[...] Read More »

Uploaded with Skitch! NEWBRIDGE, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Dal Riada climbing club, the group that most Irish climbers join after finishing their apprenticeship in university, had it’s annual gathering last weekend in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim. Following on from previous years, it was basically[...] Read More »

CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (Team Geared Up) - After what has been largely a disastrous summer for Irish climbing with a lot of rain, rain and more rain (as one friend put it with that amusing Irish curse, “the weather’s been sh&*e”), I thought I’d drag together whatever [...] Read More »