Team Geared Up

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Ok, so this is part III (see part I Gran Paradiso and part II Castor). This should get you in the mood for the Summer that’s not far away! We left off in Gressoney la Trinite near the Swiss-Italian border having climbed a great route on Castor. Back in our little [...] Read More »

SINGAPORE - Well it’s a bit warmer in Singapore today than it was in Vail, Colorado, USA last December. Part cold, part wanting a camera-mounting, part I was about to throw myself off a few black diamond runs… I decided to buy a ski helmet. In the USA its different - everyone has helmet[...] Read More »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - At present it may be U.S. resorts only, but Liftopia.com is attempting to get cheap ski-tickets to snow sports enthusiasts. Liftopia partners with leading resorts across the nation in an effort to get people like you to their slopes more often. We work directly with our[...] Read More »

KILDARE, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Here’s an interesting one while reading the climbing news on Kairn this morning. The ski resort of Les Deux Alpes has launched an avalanche simulator to let you experience what it’d be like - for 20 seconds that is. “The simulator has two cabins[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Links @ lunch again. Here’s the stuff we didn’t get to talk about this week. — I’m fully expecting Tango & Cash to have these new underglow lights on their Mountain Bikes at the next event. Boys, go for blue ones, way cooler. — GoBlo[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - So, you may get the hint here, I’m a little giddy :-) As of today I’m all booked up - flights Dublin>Chicago>Denver, greyhound bus Denver>Vail, hotel, ski rental & ski-pass. I’m ready to hit Vail in the Rockies, North America, for 8 days in 2 wee[...] Read More »

UPDATE: I just realised Eoin announced this would happen 1 year ago! LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - With a tagline of “The Other Desert Race”, Sleepmonsters emailed me this Canadian ultra race notice yesterday. I suspect some of you guys may have got it too, it’s the Rock & Ic[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The Red Herring brings the KiteWing to my RSS reader this morning. The Kitewing is a wing shaped kite. Many people call it “the wing” for short, just because of its shape. You can use Kitewing with your skis, snowboard, mountainboard, ice skates or in-line [...] Read More »