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SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - Remember Tough Guy last year? Over 4,000 people brave mud, ice cold water, and flames to prove that they are tough. The Tough Guy race in the west of England, takes place over a two-mile long obstacle course designed by a former Grenadier Guardsman. Competitors must wad[...] 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) - 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 »

NEWBRIDGE, KILDARE (Team Geared Up) - O.k., so I was meant to be doing some ‘proper’ work and then this ended up in my Google Reader feed. Shred or Die, a new video site that’s been promoted by skater Tony Hawk, is live and kicking with a pile of extreme sports videos, mainly ska[...] 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 »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog)- The expedition earlier this year, by a large team of doctors, to place members of their team on top of Everest and also take blood samples along the way will be shown as a documentary on BBC. Tonight (23/9)the first hour long part will be on BBC2 at 8.00pm and the[...] Read More »

UPDATE: Please DIGG this story to the front page! LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Remember this story we did in January Extreme Mountain Biking Cliffs Of Moher, we had the photos but no clue who did it or if they were photoshopped. In March we uncovered a video to prove it wasn’t fake, and foun[...] Read More »

DUBLIN, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - K2’s west face has finally been climbed been the Russian pairing of Andrew and Vadim with neither using supplementary oxygen. More than 200 people have climbed K2 this season with all previous summits before todays coming on either the Abruzzi spur or the Ce[...] Read More »