SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Thanks to Diverman for submitting these videos to TGU. Considering this was our top story yesterday with lots of people searching for an update on the news I felt it worthwhile adding this post. Not followed this so far? View our original breaking news story.

Here’s the actual rescue taking place. The Irish Coast Guard helicopter is airlifting the remaining crew from the deck of the lifeboat. The original vessel in distress can be seen on the rocks in the foreground.

Here’s the lifeboat from the pier. Taken the next day.

Here it is again, this time it’s taken from high up on a headland, you can see the whole scene and area of the incident.

Here’s a Great piece from the BBC including closeup footage and interviews

Latest update Day 3:

both boats still there and wind / sea increasing all the time

RTE Report:

An operation to free Northern Ireland’s largest lifeboat has again been called off.

Attempts to refloat the €3m vessel were suspended yesterday evening.

In other news, a crew have been airlifted off a cargo ferry in the Irish sea that is currently at a 40 degree list. uh oh.

Please remember to donate to the RNLI, it is an extremely worthy cause. Hopefully they get the boat (Ireland’s largest class) off safely and without too many repair costs.

-Robin-

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Here’s some more of these flying maniacs in wingsuits, this guy is known as “The Dude” (full post coming tomorrow on landing without a parachute (thanks to reader tipoff). These videos are incredible. Absolutely incredible.

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Follow Tango & Cash the NI MTB Boys in their latest adventure, To Err-igal is Human.

The mighty Mount Errigal, County Donegal. Basically a big 750-metre-high wobbly peat trifle with granite crushed nuts on top. We always wanted to have a crack at it on/with the bikes, so we departed Antrim at 5:40am on Saturday 15 December 2007, to climb the mountain.

We knew it was a carry to the top, so we padded the top- and down-tubes with pipe lagging from B&Q. It’s a good idea if you are going to be carrying for a long period.

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MS “Beluga SkySails” is the worlds first tanker to be towed by kite. The kite is 160m sq.

Ship christening of the worldwide first cargo ship with SkySails-System took place at the Hamburger Landungsbrücken/Überseebrücke on December 15th, 2007 – Milestone regarding the use of environmentally sound propulsion technologies at sea.

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The Kandersteg Ice Climbing Festival starts tonight in Switzerland. Love that event. Above is one of my photos from 2004 when I watched Ines Papart win first place.

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How not to launch an RNLI lifeboat from the beach. The on-shore wind blew this English crew back onto the beach, for a minute it looks like they weren’t going to get away. Massive seas. Watch this video. (Thanks diverman).

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All climbing have a great video of Will Gadd ice climbing icebergs from waterlevel. Massive icebergs too! Iceberg-oldering anyone?

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Adventure Race World Series has been announced in Ireland for June 14-21 2008. Location is South West and more details are available from Jan 11th.

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-Robin-