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Emotional journeys, incredible characters and epic expeditions – they’re all here in our features section.
Get inspired by the big projects or follow in the footsteps (and tread marks) of adventurers all over the world. 

Callum Muskett on the flank of Y Garn enjoying the views across the Ogwen Valley. At this point we were about 6km from our front doorsteps. © Tom Laws

StorySave Our Rivers • Feb 12, 2021

The Secrets of Our National Parks

We can’t forget why we need these places: our National Parks are how the world remembers itself.

VideoBASE editorial team • Feb 07, 2021

Lael Wilcox Rides Every Road in Alaska

A summer spent riding every road in Alaska

Komoot

VideoBASE editorial team • Feb 03, 2021

These are The Five Knots You Need to Know

These are the five knots you need to know according to Professional Tree Climber Waldo Etherington

VideoBASE editorial team • Feb 03, 2021

Danny Macaskill Rides the Slabs of Skye

Making the steepest most technically challenging terrain imaginable look remarkably simple

In heart of the Ecrins massif, the canyons of the Torrent d’Ailefroide offer some excellent, steep ice climbs in the right conditions. After a prolonged cold snap, we found this 15 metre wall of grade 5 water ice virtually hidden from view on the steepest side of a gigantic boulder above the river.

StoryDavid Pickford • Jan 29, 2021

The Bounty of Frost

A short introduction to the best ice climbing in Western Europe

StoryGonz Ferrero • Jan 28, 2021

The Guardians of the Mountains

The age old formula of a great ski story is well known: skiers fly out somewhere, get some culture, meet the elements, summit mountains, ski some sick lines, fly back with loads of cool footage. This is not that kind of story.

VideoBASE editorial team • Jan 26, 2021

Fjord Lines

Living a happy life relies on the realisation of one’s own priorities

Photo EssayJethro Kiernan • Jan 20, 2021

Has Winter in Snowdonia Ever Looked This Good?

At the turn of the year snow conditions in North Wales were about as good as they get.

VideoBASE editorial team • Jan 20, 2021

A Climbing Movement with Rotimi Odukoya

An organically grown black climbing community with an emphasis on empowerment

StoryBASE editorial team • Jan 18, 2021

Nims and Team Summit K2 in Winter

Nims Purja and a team of Sherpas achieve the final great first in Himalayan mountaineering.

StoryRichard Gaston • Jan 18, 2021

A 240 Mile Hike Through Scotland’s Most Spectacular Landscapes

Hiking the unmarked Cape Wrath Trail

VideoBASE editorial team • Jan 07, 2021

How To Build a Rope Swing

A step-by-step guide to rigging the perfect rope swing with Waldo Etheringon

Looking up towards Cerro Fitz Roy from the Piedras Negras advance basecamp, high in the El Chalten massif in Argentine Patagonia. Expeditions in high altitude regions and cold environments require specific medical items, as do expeditions in jungles and tropical regions. © David Pickford

StoryDr Mark Willis • Jan 05, 2021

An Introduction to Expedition Medicine

From BASE issue 03 Beyond BASE column

StoryReza Pakravan • Jan 05, 2021

From Senegal to Somalia: Crossing the Sahel

Stories from a journey across the width of Africa

VideoBASE editorial team • Dec 23, 2020

A Passion for Adventure: Introducing Aldo Kane

We sit down with the World Record Setting adventurer, extreme, remote & hostile locations expert

Alex Mason Powell on the Main pitch of Ramadam on Main cliff Gogarth, Dan Mcmanus belaying.

StoryJethro Kiernan • Dec 21, 2020

Between Land and Sea

Sea cliff climbing adventures from North Wales

StoryKieran Creevy & Lisa Paarvio • Dec 16, 2020

Wild Surf Tropical Spices and Hidden Coves

Whisky and Tacos on La Gomera on the eve of the Talisker Atlantic Challenge

VideoBASE editorial team • Dec 14, 2020

A Calculus of Risk

How much can we gain from the mountains and how much can we lose?

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