Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - RTÉ News say surfers in Lahinch, Co Clare, have broken the World Record for the largest number of surfers to ride the same wave simultaneously. The record was broken at around 5.45pm by 49 surfers. The record attempt was watched and adjudicated upon by officia[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - TGU Reader Alan left a comment alerting us to his RunIreland.com Event Map. Alan has done a Google Maps mash-up with all the upcoming running events being held in Ireland marked on a big map. RunIreland.com is a fantastic listings resource, you can even map Irish Runni[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Irish Climber, Dave Ayton, relives another fantastic climb on his blog, his first 8a. Make sure to check out his post: The Final Solution at the End of the World - My first 8a. [My glasses] almost fall off my face but hang on one ear as I reach up to the opposition ho[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Three Irish 23 year olds plan to set off from Ireland on September 8th 2007 and arrive at the Olympic Games in Beijing in August 2008. They’ll pedal through Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - RTE News have a great photo from NASA of the forest fires on the Canary Islands from space. So they’re pretty big then! More than 12,000 people on the two islands have had to leave their homes as hundreds of firefighters, backed up by helicopters and water plane[...] Read More »

Two Irish marine rescues this afternoon: RTE Report: Gardaí and rescue services are attempting to recover the body of a man found on rocks at the sea below the Cliffs of Moher. The Doolin Coastal Cliff rescue team along with the Shannon based rescue helicopter are working in the area to recover t[...] Read More »

The following workshop is being run this September in the Burren. Bren Whelan is the Assocation of Mountaineering Instructors’ Irish Rep and is attempting to raise awareness amongst active climbers and mountaineers about what’s involved in becoming a Mountaineering Instructor. The weeke[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - TrailBadger.com contacted us today to inform us about their site launch. TrailBadger.com is a resource of Northern Irish mountain biking trails. The site looks professional, is easy to use, and is a pleasure to know it’s an Irish production. Routes include: # Co[...] Read More »