Team Geared Up

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Rumour reached us last night via Stephen (DCU Rock Climbing Club) that Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear fame is to undertake a new stunt infront of a live audience at the MPH ‘07 show. [Jeremy Clarkson] will be racing a rock climber up a 40-foot tall, man-made mou[...] Read More »

UPDATE: Thanks to Charlie for plotting g-maps for our route on Saturday night (15km), and Sunday in Richmond Park (8.2km). LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - TGU did it! We finished (just with a few technical mishaps) the London 2007 Rat Race. The Rat Race is an urban adventure race, taking all the acti[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) Good luck to the TGU team of Robin, Charlie and Tanya taking part in the London Rat Race this weekend! If you’re in London watch out for the blinding reflective t-shirts Robin mentioned which I’m sure they’ll be wearing for this evenings 3 hour foo[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Despite the bike brakes failing through a pedestrian crossing and one of us putting a scratch down the side of a car with the handle bars, things went better than expected. The blinding reflective t-shirts of TeamGearedUp.com were out roughing themselves up a little bi[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Today in London was the Great Gorilla Run! This is where you fundraise £400 for charity and then get given a gorilla suit and have to run a race around the streets of London. Nuts! I caught the above photo of them crossing London Bridge above our boat! Map: There w[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The Great River Race paddled past my flat on the Thames today. The annual river race lets competitors race down the Thames for 4hrs to Greenwich. Racers use any form of canoe, dragon boat, kayak, paddle boat, skiff they want… and many seem to dress up in costume [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Remember this offer (Evert, Charlie & Darran got them)? Well we now have another 4 sim cards to give away! I think each card has free calls built into them and 300 free texts a month for the first 3 months subject to topping up etc. I will post one to each of the [...] Read More »

UPDATE: TGU have a team entry. Watch out! LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The Rat Race is where teams of three race in a multi-disciplined challenge of navigation, endurance, skills and guts running, climbing, mountain biking, kayaking, abseiling, and tackling a course that’s only revealed hour[...] Read More »