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 »

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - It’s the return of Friday Links! The weeks stories we wanted to post about but didn’t. — Here’s some more of these flying maniacs in wingsuits, this guy is known as “The Dude” (full post coming tomorrow on landing without a parachute ([...] 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) - Enjoy your Friday links! The stories we never got to talk about: — “He jumped from 40,000ft without a parachute…” Know the lyrics? Travis Pastrana does! This Moto Cross rider (world famous for performing backflips on a motorbike) has jumped out[...] 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) - A new Irish Skydiving large formation record was set at around 7pm on Monday 6th August 2007, when 30 skydivers linked to form a shamrock-shaped formation over the Irish Parachute Club. The 30 skydivers and 2 cameramen exited from two aircraft: a Shorts Skyvan (G-BEOL)[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - In Ireland on Thursday morning thieves cut a hole in the roof of the Irish Parachute Club hangar at Clonbollogue and lifted out the parachute kits, cameras and radio equipment, after wires to the alarm system were cut. The gear stolen belongs to both the club and priva[...] Read More »