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Deep dives, honest reviews and expert commentary on the most important adventure products, technologies and innovations.
Here you’ll find all the insight and information you need to get the right gear for better adventures.

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Spotlight • BASE editorial team • December 06, 2022

Gifts For the Eco-Conscious Adventurer

8 Christmas present ideas for the environmentally-minded adventurer

Spotlight • Chris Hunt • December 05, 2022

How Good is the Return of Berghaus Extrem?

We get our hands on key pieces of the 2022 Extrem range to find out

Spotlight • Eliza Brown • October 07, 2022

How to Pack For a Pony Trekking Expedition

Eliza Brown’s pony trekking essentials, from issue 08 of BASE magazine.

Spotlight • Hannah Mitchell • August 31, 2022

A closer look at water filters for adventure

The history and development of water filtration systems, and the industry innovators making their mark today

Spotlight • Clare Rutter • June 27, 2022

Stand-Up Paddleboarding Essentials

Paddlesports aficionado Clare Rutter’s SUP essentials shakedown

Spotlight • Chris Hunt • June 09, 2022

The Problem With Neoprene

A closer look at environmentally friendly wetsuit innovation

Keala Kennely uses a CO2 buoyancy vest on a big day at Jaws in Maui. © Fred Pompermayer / Red Bull

Spotlight • Chris Hunt • January 14, 2022

The Wearable Bubble

The evolution of personal flotation devices

Michelle Parker bootpacks up into the alpine during a multi-disciplinary bikepacking and ski-mountaineering journey from the Tahoe region (USA) into northern Washington state in June 2020. Along with her expedition partner Cody Townsend, Parker climbed and skied Mt. Hood, Mt. Rainier and El Dorado Peak during the month-long, 1,000 mile expedition. © Bjane Salen / Red Bull

Spotlight • Chris Hunt • October 07, 2021

The Breathing Shield

This is the story of the development of waterproof fabrics, and where we go from here

A nineteenth Century sextant at BASE magazine HQ. The sextant, invented in the mid eighteenth Century, was a revolutionary device because it allowed celestial objects to be measured relative to the horizon, rather than relative to the instrument - a difference which creates excellent precision.

Spotlight • Chris Hunt • April 23, 2021

The Magic Glass: Insights into Adventure Navigation

The story of navigation development from its earliest days to modern satellite communications and positioning systems

The B3 crampon-compatible toe rand and insulated Vibram soles of a pair of Scarpa Phantom 6000 high altitude mountaineering boots © David Pickford / BASE

Spotlight • Chris Hunt • October 02, 2020

Sole Survivors

Rubber is one of the go-to materials of our time. It’s in everything, from car tyres to clothing. But where did it all begin? And what’s the future of rubber soles as materials technology continues to evolve?

Steel is Real

Spotlight • Chris Hunt • March 04, 2020

Steel is Real: The Story of the Ultimate Bike Frame Material

We take a look at the history of the material’s use in bicycle manufacturing and why we’re seeing a come back in this original and once thought obsolete material

The Magic of Merino

Spotlight • Chris Hunt • February 27, 2020

The Magic of Merino

An ode to the world’s finest adventure fabric