Team Geared Up

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Apologies to everyone who sent in all the excellent emails, tip-offs, press releases and links over the last 2 weeks. I’ve been offline (adventuring - so I’ve an excuse!) and missed posting them. Rather than post lots of old news - I thought I’d do a r[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - While doing a Reuters News Quiz (check it out, very good!). Last week in the wake of Sir Ed’s death, I answered that ‘Ed Hillary summited Everest in 1953′ but was told I was incorrect. I sent in a news correction piece and look what I got back… [...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - An anonymous email slipped into our mailbox about 60 seconds ago. It contained a leaked list of Irish Blog Awards nominees for the Best News/Current Affairs Blogs in Ireland. Well what could we do, other than to publish it :-) Best News/Current Affairs The Limerick Blo[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Remember Tough Guy last year? Over 4,000 people brave mud, ice cold water, and flames to prove that they are tough. The Tough Guy race in the west of England, takes place over a two-mile long obstacle course designed by a former Grenadier Guardsman. Competitors must wad[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I always find these stories hilarious. There’s something amusing about someone attempting to cheat in a marathon, like, do we not do it for ourselves? Anyway this story is even funnier because the cheat in question was a Mexican presidential candidate in 2006 ([...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The RIN has a great site for navigation resources & stories used by people interested in orienteering through to aviation. Some good News clips from the site: TomTom to go ‘visual’ Yacht skipper fined 6,000 for going wrong way at marker World’s sm[...] Read More »