Team Geared Up

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - I’m back from a very soggy Spain (yep, you read that right) after a small group from Ireland turned up for a week in Rodellar pulling on tufas. Unfortunately, said rain got in the way so we hit the road and made the most of the week in the Siurana region. Al[...] Read More »

Flintshire, North Wales (Team Geared Up) - I read this morning on 8a.nu (one of my favourite sites) that Adam Ondra, pictured above, has just made short work of La Rambla, 9a+ in Siurana in Northern Spain… and he’s still only 15! “On his second day and fifth try Adam Ondra walked [...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Here’s a brief update on the last trip to Siurana in Spain with Rob. Firstly, who’d have thought we’d spend the whole trip looking for the SUN while there?! Usually it’s the complete opposite with an almost allergic reaction to sun in Siur[...] Read More »

NEWBRIDGE, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - MomentumVM have gone live with their new site and a ton of video footage to keep you entertained. Unfortunately, you can’t subscribe, and you can’t embed movies (doh!). Still though, some great footage for getting you motivated for the next climbing[...] Read More »

NEWBRIDGE, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - O.k., we normally don’t cover all the general climbing news, but this one deserves a special mention. It looks like Mr. 8a/9a, Dani Andrada, is now working on the next level in the ever reliable Rodellar of Spain (For more info on Rodellar, see Stu’[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Part 2 For part 1 if this report see this To the Costa Daurada. Leaving Rodellar behind we made or way back to the N240 and headed for the Costa Daurada. We had already reserved a bungalow in Camping Prades, in Prades. 6Km before the town of Montblanc there is a t[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - Part 1 - Rodellar - Myself and 5 others headed off to Spain for our annual Euro sports climbing trip in October. Four days in Rodellar and 4 days in the Costa Daurada. Here’s a quick (well not so quick) trip-report/how-to of what we did. A Google map relati[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - Angela Mudge and Kilian Jornet are the champions of the 2007 Buff Skyrunner World Series. Mudge retained her crown from last year and Jornet becomes the youngest ever champion Skyrunner World Series at the age of just 19. He captured his title with an impressive 4[...] Read More »