How to Use base camp in a Sentence

base camp

noun
  • Suddenly what started as a tent-on-wheels for two people is a proper base camp for up to four people.
    — New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Accessories include a Gore-Tex cap, beanies, base camp duffels and even a blanket.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The avalanche hit as people at a base camp prepared for foreign clients to arrive to climb the mountain during the autumn climbing season, which began this month.
    — CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Eight experienced mountain guides from the association took advantage of improving weather to dig through the snow that had covered tents at base camp.
    — ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The expedition of the world’s second-highest peak is undertaken at a time when temperatures just at the base camp can reach 50 below.
    — ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Chuk Outdoors In terms of building out a group base camp kitchen, individual Chuk boxes can be stacked and lined up next to each other to grow out the continuous space.
    — New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The avalanche covered the base camp in 14 feet of snow, per The Tourist Times, which cited NNMGA.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Team base camps are locations where World Cup participants will stay and practice between group stage matches, per FIFA.
    — Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
  • In the northern Chinese area of Yan’an, where Mao and his followers set up a wartime base camp starting in the mid-1930s, leaders turned rectification into doctrine.
    — Andrew Mertha, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
  • If Curry Village is on your Yosemite itinerary — for the canvas tent cabins, the shower house after a long day on the trail or a base camp for Half Dome — there’s a piece of health news worth folding into your trip planning.
    — The Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The Chancery Rosewood The ultimate experience for any trip to London, The Chancery Rosewood makes a strong case as base camp for LFW.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • After reading the script, watching the documentary, and meeting Peedom, Hiddleston signed up for the project, which led him to climb to Everest’s base camp alongside the director, Phuntsok, and a high-altitude medical specialist.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The Nepal National Mountain Guide Association, which is leading the search, said rescuers dug through snow on Mount Himlung to find eight bodies in tents at the base camp, where one person remains missing.
    — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Saudi Arabia will make Austin the location of its team base camp for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the national team announced on social media.
    — Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Austin is one of multiple locations in Texas to be considered a team base camp, along with Houston, San Antonio and multiple locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
    — Peter Warren, Houston Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The avalanche occurred at a base camp on Himlung Himal in Nepal, when the workers were preparing for climbers to arrive for an expedition, Reuters reported, citing Tul Singh Gurung, president of Nepal National Mountain Guide Association (NNMGA).
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2026

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