base camp

American  

noun

1. a main encampment providing supplies, shelter, and communications for persons engaged in wide-ranging activities, as exploring, reconnaissance, hunting, or mountain climbing.

---

Etymology

Origin of base camp

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

She trekked to base camp at Mount Everest.

From The Wall Street Journal

Woods will also face the mental pressure of long summit pushes, particularly navigating the treacherous icefall between Base Camp and Camp 1.

From BBC

On survey days, the women wake up early, finish household chores and gather at a base camp before travelling by vehicle as far as the terrain allows.

From BBC

She hiked to Mount Everest base camp with friends.

From Los Angeles Times

Earlier on Wednesday, hundreds of onlookers clutching Israeli flags lined the roads as a convoy carrying Gvili's body headed from the military base Camp Shura in central Israel towards Meitar.

From Barron's