Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) Fire! Who would have thought that bringing a condom and a water on a trail could give you fire. So who’s gonna be the first to try it? -eoinod- [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - This crazy story is on the Reuters wire…. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian rescuers were on Friday trying to solve the “Mary Celeste” style mystery of a yacht found floating off the coast with its engine running, food on its table ready to eat, but no cre[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Here’s today’s links. Sex advice for climbers, I quote… “Develop a strong core, which means hard abs and good back muscles for doggy style. Then there’s always the added flexibility. And we can tolerate scrapes and bruises.” “W[...] Read More »

WHISTLER, BC (Geared Up Blog) - The guys at Dartmouth College have been busy developing autonomous solar robots and testing them in Greenland. They spontaneously tried some robot powered snow surfing… only going at about 8km/h One morning, while taking walking behind the robot and dragging a [...] Read More »

WHISTLER, BC (Geared Up Blog) - Shock Absorbing sports bras are a great invention for the ladies out there, as well as those men with man-boobs. Gizmodo have found a website who for a company that have created a Bounce-ometer. The Bounce-ometer allows you to input your cup size and level of activit[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Two YouTube gems for you… slightly light hearted posting today. Fainting Goats, are these things real? Can’t imagine how much fun it would be if you found them wild in the mountains! Brilliant. How has evolution let these things live longer than a Dodo? And[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Team Geared Up member Darran, climbed up on the mountain side at Whistler ski resort on Saturday (St Patrick’s Day) armed with 6 litres of green food dye. Once under complete view of the chairlifts and restaurant, they proceeded to draw out a giant shamrock for t[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - A British professor is planning to take his 9 kids on an expedition up Everest to see how the altitude effects their bodies. Along with his own offspring, four of the professor’s nephews and nieces will shortly head to Kathmandu. This is apparently in [...] Read More »