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— Field notes

Basecamp

Basecamp

For an Outdoorsman, basecamp is home. It’s our encampment, providing shelter and provisions for engaging in wide-ranging activities. It holds all our adventure gear, from tents and kayaks, to mountain bikes and backpacks. This is the place where we prepare and pack our gear before every excursion.

Our closets look like an old Outfitter’s General Store, full of old and new, from a favorite hat, to boots with miles of countless stories logged on distant trails. Just the right amount of everything… Almost. There is always that one more thing- on a website sitting in a ‘cart’, just one Click away.

Basecamp is our main encampment, with photos and mementos of journeys logged along the Dash of life. It’s a rock, resting on the bookshelf, that we picked up on our first thru hike, and a picture with friends from a rafting trip. Our calendar on the wall is marked with past adventures and future memories.

We leave basecamp to climb mountains, fish the waters, ride the trails, explore caves and canyons. We engage in ‘Mother Nature’ and her beauty in ways that others only imagine. Adventure is in our DNA.

This place is where all our expeditions start and end. All of our tools and memories are gathered there. For Us, The Rugged Outdoorsmen, Basecamp is home.

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