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Inspiring adventure stories, helpful guides and gear reviews. The BASE is made by adventurers for adventurers of all levels and activity passions. We distill the best stories, reviews and news to whet your adventure appetite.
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Hunting happiness through adventure in Taiwan
BASE teams up with adventurer Sofia Jin to explore the best of Taiwan’s underrated adventure scene.
Feature type Photo Essay
Read time 4 min read
Published Mar 18, 2024
Author BASE editorial team
BASE editorial team BASE writers and editors who live and breathe adventure every day. We love adventure storytelling as much as we love adventure itself.
In February 2024, BASE teamed up with climber and BASE Collective member Sofia Jin to explore the adventure scene in Taiwan for the first time. The aim was to shoot the first in a for ..read more
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St Helena: the land fleck a world apart
Impressions of an overlooked outpost in the South Atlantic brimming with potential
Feature type Photo Essay
Read time 4 min read
Published Jan 15, 2024
Author Jethro Kiernan
Photographer Jethro Kiernan
Jethro Kiernan North Wales based adventure photographer, happy being in or on the sea, lakes, mountains and crags usually with a camera.
Some 3,667 km and a six-hour flight from its most frequent point of access, Johannesburg, the island and British Oversea Territory of St Helena oozes drama and intrigue. Uninhabited when first discov ..read more
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11M ago
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Five Epic UK Climbs You Should Try This Winter
Craving a snowy mountain adventure? Inspired by the Garmin Instinct 2 watch (into which you can directly plan these routes), we’ve compiled a list of five of the best for winter 2023-24!
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Feature type Story
Read time 7 mins
Published Nov 21, 2023
Author BASE editorial team
BASE editorial team BASE writers and editors who live and breathe adventure every day. We love adventure storytelling as much as we love adventure itself.
Like it or not, winter is well and truly upon us! For some, the temperature drop i ..read more
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1y ago
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Kit Up, Give Back: How Outdoor Gear Rental Is Opening Up Adventure To Everyone
Gear rental initiative KitUp is on a mission to improve accessibility to the outdoors
Feature type Spotlight
Read time 6 mins
Published Oct 26, 2023
Author BASE editorial team
BASE editorial team BASE writers and editors who live and breathe adventure every day. We love adventure storytelling as much as we love adventure itself.
‘The outdoors is for everyone’ is a phrase that we hear a lot these days. Recent years have seen more and more people heading outdoors in order to enjoy the mental and ph ..read more
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1y ago
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Mud, Rock and Roots: In Conversation With Nina-Yves Cameron
Beth Chalmers catches up with the Scottish downhill racer, talking progress, community and how the Highlands shaped her as a rider
Feature type Interview
Read time 6 mins
Published Sep 15, 2023
Author Beth Chalmers
Photographer Beth Chalmers
Beth Chalmers Beth Chalmers is a photographer and videographer based in Oban, Scotland. She is happiest when on a bike, rock face or in a bog.
Nina Yves-Cameron is a downhill racer from Fort William, Scotland. At 18 years-old, she has a number of podiums to her name from Euro ..read more
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1y ago
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The Best Easy Camping Curries For 2023
In our latest video, we test five easy camping meals – so you don’t have to!
Feature type Video
Read time 2 mins
Published Sep 11, 2023
Author BASE editorial team
BASE editorial team BASE writers and editors who live and breathe adventure every day. We love adventure storytelling as much as we love adventure itself.
Need camping food ideas but not sure where to start? Keeping things lightweight, calorie-dense, fuss-free and above all, filling, are key.
Picture this: you’re pitched up somewhere idyllic, you’ve got your camping stove at ..read more
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1y ago
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Gravel Like a Local: Exploring the Austrian Alps by Bike
What makes the Austrian city of Salzburg the perfect base for a long weekend in the saddle?
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Feature type Story
Read time 7 mins
Published Aug 11, 2023
Author Katherine Moore
Photographer David Robinson
Katherine Moore A wildlife-loving rider with a penchant for creating off-road routes, Katherine is a multi-discipline cycling writer, presenter and guide based on the edge of Dartmoor National Park, Devon.
With more than 60% of the country’s landmass belonging to the Eastern Alps, Austria’s stunn ..read more
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1y ago
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Reframe, Engage, Create Change
How Arc’teryx’s ReBIRD program is engaging consumers with the concept of circularity in the outdoor clothing industry
Feature type Story
Read time 6 mins
Published Jul 28, 2023
Author Hannah Mitchell
Hannah Mitchell BASE Digital Writer Hannah is a Lake District-based journalist and all-round outdoor lass with a particular fondness for rock faces.
The annual Arc’teryx Alpine Academy event in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is attended by hundreds every year. With the effects of climate change on the glaciers, mountains and wild spaces that facilitate these ..read more
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1y ago
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Victoria Falls: The Smoke That Thunders
Exploring personal relationship to the Zambezi and its uncertain future by kayak
Feature type Story
Read time 12 mins
Published Jul 26, 2023
Author Ed Smith
Photographer Ed Smith
Ed Smith A story-telling adventure photographer and former athlete, Ed might be found anywhere from the depths of a river canyon to a corniced mountain summit.
Home to Victoria Falls and some of the world’s most famous whitewater, at 1,599 miles long, the Zambezi is Africa’s fourth longest river. But a dam proposal places its waters, wildlife and tourism ec ..read more
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Merging Two Lives: The Personal Journey of Hamish Frost
The challenges and triumphs of embracing sexuality in the outdoors
Feature type Video
Published Jul 21, 2023
Author BASE editorial team
Photographer Adam Raja
BASE editorial team BASE writers and editors who live and breathe adventure every day. We love adventure storytelling as much as we love adventure itself.
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With images capable of transporting us into the most dramatic moments in the outdoors, BASE Collective member Hamish Frost is one of Europe’s most talented mountain and adventure photographers. Alm ..read more