Team Geared Up

SINGAPORE (Team Geared Up) - This has to be the best, strongest, toughest bag on the market. It’s absolutely super for travel converting between a massive chasm of space down to a compressed pack suitable for hand luggage on a flight. Pictured above is my grey 140L duffel strapped to the back[...] Read More »

CORCAIGH, IRELAND (Geared Up Blog) - I’ve been quite busy this summer. I admit I have been a terrible team member here at Team Geared Up. I really didn’t have time to sit down and give any post a good think through. Plus I’m a very lazy man when it comes to some things! That is w[...] Read More »

LONDON, UK (Team Geared Up) - BBC Presenter Kate Humble has launched StuffYourRucksack.com. “How many times have you been travelling and visited a school or community or local charity that you would love to help? The school needs books, or a map or pencils; an orphanage needs children’s[...] Read More »

WANAKA, NEW ZEALAND (Team Geared Up) - Bouldering.com have released a video of Lisa Rands on last year’s trip to Rocklands. Bouldering something very high, and then something hard for some variation. Sorry but can’t publish video in the post, link here. The article, as adapted from Rock[...] Read More »

WANAKA, NEW ZEALAND (Team Geared Up) - As some of you will become aware of, I’m a bit eco-minded. O.k., maybe a bit more :) Since I was heading off on a long-term trip, I had a couple of criterias that were required, namely power. I’ve always been conscious that electricity can be somew[...] Read More »

  ÖREBRO, SWEDEN  (Team Geared Up) - I just came back from my season in Whistler, British Columbia in Canada and thought i’d share some of the tips and tricks I learn’t during my season! So it is about time I got around to writing one of these posts. Procrastination is a [...] Read More »

HORSHAM, VIC, AUSTRALIA (Team Geared Up) - It’s Monday morning and I’m back resting in Horsham. We survived the 20-hour drive up from Nowra on Friday night, to arrive into Buandik campground in the Grampians National Park at 3am (yawwwnnnn :). To describe it is as chilly here is an unde[...] Read More »

NOWRA, NSW, AUSTRALIA (Team Geared Up) - O.k., so apologies with the delay on my own update as we moved locations in the past week and I lost my easy internet access. Wish list for the forthcoming years? Internet access everywhere and free/cheap :) I’m not asking for much, am I? So, we’[...] Read More »