Team Geared Up

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - I cannot think of a worse nightmare then this happening on your first parachute jump. Both the chute and the reserve chute fail to open correctly. The student is prepared by the instructor for a hard hitting landing by positioning knees together as they spin dramaticall[...] Read More »

HEATHROW, UK (Team Geared Up) - This post was written while in the airport, I’m now posting it I’m back online! Jumping out of a plane and landing without a parachute. Is it one of the most ridiculous things you’ve ever heard? Yes. Thanks to Alan Masterson for mailing in this stor[...] Read More »

BANGKOK, THAILAND (Team Geared Up) - BBC Scotland followed Ulric Jessop on the 2007 Red Bull X-Alps paragliding challenge. The X-Alps race is an 850km flying and mountain climbing race across the European Alps where competitors armed only with their paraglider must scale high enough to jump and get[...] Read More »

BANGKOK, THAILAND (Team Geared Up) - So our incredible “When does Base Jumping Get Too Dangerous” post when viral, hi UKClimbing.com, hi AcidDog Forums, hi others! You brought a lot of traffic! Based on this obsessing, I’ve done a Top 5 worst Base Jumping Accidents videos to join [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - I’m not sure what you call this form of base jumping, but it’s about as extreme as it gets. We’ve written about these wing suits before and their ability to direct the jumper out away from the rock first Base Jump from the Grand Jorasses in the Alps. [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - GO Blog points to a 63yr old Frenchman plans to head-first freefall from the edge of space in dizzying bid to break Mach 1 but he must wear a special suit to ensure his body fluids don’t boil. He will leap head-first from a weather balloon 25 miles above Earth an[...] Read More »