Team Geared Up

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - An email has come in from the Irish Ski Club PR people to tell TGU readers that they’ve a big weekend coming up! Oktoberfest is the Irish Ski Club’s annual celebration of skiing and snowboarding taking place over the last weekend in September when the dry s[...] Read More »

DERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Climbing all 14 of the world’s 8,000-metre peaks is old hat, so a new generation of adventurers is gearing up for what could be mountaineering’s next great challenge — getting down them on skis. Heading into Nepal’s Himalayan mo[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - The Ski Club of Ireland will re-open for the 2007/2008 Winter Season on Monday 3rd September 2007 for practice session and classes for all abilities. The dry slopes are located in Kilternan, Dublin, and boast two ski lifts, two nursery slopes, an intermediate slope an[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Here’s your weekly digest of the stories that didn’t make it to the TGU front-page this week. — A Russian Ice Climber trains on the front of an Apartment Block in winter. No wonder the recent K2 West Face was no problem to them! — Cycling route[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - A tip-off today (thanks to reader KM!) alerted TGU of two upcoming courses being run by the ‘Irish Association of Snowsports Instructors’. While we don’t have exact dates, details or costs yet - we’ve been promised the press releases are on the [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - This pair we previously talked about will try their hands now at skiing. Cracknell & Fogle have entered the South Pole Race. It’s not fair - I want to go to the pole too! Thanks to Eoin for dropping me the link. -Robin- (Image Credit: My signed copy of thei[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Remember Ski Greenland? They’ve now published all their photos on Flickr from the Icecap. Mustard & Matt have published over 200 photos - here’s a few of the gems. But do take a look at all of them. -Robin- [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Best of The Piton this week: A Better Biathalon and… Trapped man cuts off leg to save himself Aron Ralston vows to respond by cutting off left testicle with Swiss Army scissors. ha! Aron Ralston! Full story -Robin- [...] Read More »