Team Geared Up

KILDARE, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Here’s an interesting one while reading the climbing news on Kairn this morning. The ski resort of Les Deux Alpes has launched an avalanche simulator to let you experience what it’d be like - for 20 seconds that is. “The simulator has two cabins[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Resusi Annie is the most kissed woman in the world, albeit rubber - but little did I know she’s modelled on a real French woman. The Guardian report the following quotes and I’ve “dredged up” (oops no pun intended!) some photos: He based Anne[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK, (Team Geared Up) - This one wins all the prizes. Forget ascending Everest blind, as an amputee or even running the A-Z of Marathons, this is way cooler. Having tried to climb Mont Blanc myself (and getting white washed off in a snow storm) I have ultimate respect for them lobbing these [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) With the mountain running season coming to a close it’s time to start planning running events for next year. For the last 2 years I’ve headed to the Pyrennees in January for the Trail Blanch Font Romeu or as we call it the Snow Race. There’s 3 dista[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) With the Aer Lingus strike averted, this afternoon a number of Irish runners are heading over to Chamonix for the running of the North Face Ultra Trail Tour du Mont Blanc. It’s 163k through 3 countries run continuously over about 2 days through the Alps. Includ[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - A tip-off today (thanks to reader KM!) alerted TGU of two upcoming courses being run by the ‘Irish Association of Snowsports Instructors’. While we don’t have exact dates, details or costs yet - we’ve been promised the press releases are on the [...] Read More »

WANAKA, NEW ZEALAND (Team Geared Up) - Ever-reliable and ever-enthusiastic Dave Graham has sent Realization (9a+/5.15a) in Céuse, France. He’s now the 4th person to repeat the world’s first natural 9a+ (any other routes of this grade at the time had been chipped). Having tried it on [...] Read More »