Team Geared Up

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - Eoin & myself took my London flatmate out for a jaunt in Wicklow (Ireland) 3 weeks ago to give him a first taste of the mountains. We also took the opportunity to wind-test the Mountain 25 by The North Face. This tent has been everywhere with me, but not out of pl[...] Read More »

A two person, double-skin mountaineering tent designed for all terrains, climates and weather conditions. Review of Crux X2 Bomb TentRated as 4/5 on May 29 2007 by robinb Selection of reviews from FindMeATent.com by CruxStar: The X2 Bomb is an incredibly strong tent that is very light for a high[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - You have hundreds of options for bivvi bags, but one for me stands out above them all. Lightweight, Good Value & Breathable Pertex - it’s done really well over the last 4 years, and been but to the test. It’s a RAB Survival Zone and I know many other ha[...] Read More »

LONDON (Team Geared Up) - Mountain Hardware have a Flickr stream worth subscribing to. Check out these photos they posted today of their Trango tent pitched in a trailer park during a storm. Look at how it’s standing strong while the trailers have been flipped upside down in the background. [...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - You may know about FindMeATent.com. It’s one of my (Robin) websites I run. With summer around the corner things have begun to REALLY take off. Submissions are flying in. See the grey line on the plot below? That’s my advertising income since 2005 courtesy of[...] Read More »

WHISTLER, BC (Geared Up Blog) - Ubergizmo has reported on Eurekas N!ergy tent range that uses their E! Power System. The E! Power System integrates three factory-installed 12-volt outlets inside the N!ergy tent with Eureka!’s exclusive E! Power Pak, a portable & rechargeable [...] Read More »

LONDON (Geared Up Blog) - We’re pleased to launch the first of our new sub-domains sell.TeamGearedUp.com. We hope to allow you to fund your next adventure by using our site as a marketplace. It’s all free of course - so get in there and post up all your gear for sale. It gets better - [...] Read More »

Have you seen the pop up tents before? You just throw them up into the air. Nice idea, and thanks to James for sending the link to Quechua Tents. The TV commercials are worth a look for a demo of the ‘throw to pitch’ idea. [...] Read More »