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SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - I just watched two Aussies on BBC World completing a 62-day and 3,300km journey by kayak to New Zealand. Two Australians have become the first people to paddle to New Zealand across the Tasman Sea in a kayak. James Castrission and Justin Jones both 25 are the first to &[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - Sir Edmund Hillary passed away aged 88 today. He needs no introduction as one of the most famous people in mountaineering history. I hope he will be remembered not only for being part of the first team to summit Everest but also for all the charity work he has car[...] Read More »

BANGKOK, THAILAND - The Irish government has donated to the Antarctic Heritage Trust. The donation will provide them with funding to help conserve the Antarctic Base used by Irishmen Ernest Shackleton and Tom Crean, early in the last century. President McAleese surprised patrons at an Ireland Fund[...] Read More »