These Adventure Travel Photos Will Leave You Breathless
Not many people have what it takes to go rafting down a waterfall, or to walk a tight rope across a canyon, or to scale a mountain without harnesses. Happily, there's a next-best-thing to attempting these feats yourself: Seeing others do them instead.
Every year, Red Bull pulls together the most astonishing adventure and action-sports photos for its renowned Illume contest. The award-winning images, taken in exotic locales around the world, are guaranteed to make the hair on your neck stand up.
You probably won't want to try these stunts anytime soon. But you'll definitely be impressed by what you see.
Photographer: Jb Liautard / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Jeremy Berthier
Location: Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
Photographer: Ben Thouard / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Ace Buchan
Location: Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Photographer: Philip Platzer / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Markus Stöckl
Location: Atacama Desert, Chile
Photographer: Justin Coomber / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Matt Bush
Location: Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
Photographer: Mahallia Budds / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Cole Kraiss
Location: Camarines Sur, Philippines
Photographer: Matt Wood / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Ted Morton
Location: Lindis Valley, New Zealand
Photographer: Jay French / Red Bull Illume
Athletes: Billy Meaclem & Sam Minnell
Location: Canterbury, New Zealand
Photographer: Lorenz Holder / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Anne Eaton
Location: Ötztal, Austria
Photographer: Laurence Crossmann-Emms / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Katy Winton
Location: North Wales, UK
Photographer: Enric Gener / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Vero Vidal
Location: Menorca, Spain
Photographer: Daniel Bernstål / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Nils Arvidsson
Location: Ljusdal, Sweden
Photographer: Kohei Ueno / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Shuyi Chua
Location: Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
Photographer: Tyrone Bradley / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Adosu Segun a.k.a. SKing
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Photographer: Daniel Rönnbäck / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Tof Henry
Location: Lofoten, Norway
Photographer: Kevin Molano / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Dawinson Manuel Murillo
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
Photographer: Robin Pearson / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Anthony Pearson
Location: Alentejo, Portugal
Photographer: Andrius Aleksandravicius / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Unknown
Location: Lithuania
Photographer: Geoff Coombs / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Andrew Ryzebol
Location: Tobermory, Ontario, Canada
Photographer: Kamil Sustiak / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Chris Wallace
Location: Blue Mountains National Park, Australia
Photographer: Chris Tedesco / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Tom Parsons
Location: Swing Arm City, Utah, USA
Photographer: Christian Gisi / Red Bull Illume
Athletes: Caro North, Steph Davis, Thomas Senf, Jürg Ruf
Location: Mittellegi, Ridge, Eiger, Switzerland
Photographer: Jan Kasl / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Tomáš Slavik
Location: Nevados de Chillán, Chile
Photographer: Red Bull Illume / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Rafa Ortiz
Location: Little White Salmon River near White Salmon, Washington, USA
Photographer: Noah Wetzel / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Chris Brule
Location: Teton Valley, Wyoming, USA
Photographer: Lachie Carracher / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Bren Orton
Location: Alexandra Falls, Canada
Photographer: Pablo Jiménez / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Tomás Tudela
Location: Arica, Chile
Photographer: Sterling Lorence / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Brett Rheeder
Location: Big Water, Utah, USA
Photographer: Ydwer van der Heide / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Kevin Langeree
Location: Camps Bay, South Africa
Photographer: Peter Cirilli / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Levi Glenney
Location: Burlington, Vermont, USA
Photographer: Burhan Kapar / Red Bull Illume
Athletes: Unknown
Location: Turkey
Photographer: Ryan Moss / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Ryan Moss
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
Photographer: Lorenz Holder / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Senad Grosic
Location: Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Photographer: Chris Burkard / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Garrison Rowland
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
Photographer: Marc Daviet / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Christophe Dumarest & Denis Pachoud
Location: Kuffner Ridge, Mont Blanc Massif, France
Photographer: Piotrek Deska / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Wojciech Kujawski
Location: Mirow, Poland
Photographer: Anthony Smith / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Brandon Semenuk
Location: Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada
Photographer: Alexander Wick / Red Bull Illume
Athletes: Philipp Bankosegger, Chris Rudolph, Luke Lalor
Location: Salathé Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California, USA
Photographer: Philip Platzer / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Marco Fürst
Location: Fromberg, Austria
Photographer: Robin O'Neill / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Chris Rubens
Location: Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Photographer: Lorenz Holder / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Seppl Ramsbacher
Location: Unterbrunn, Germany
Photographer: Florian Ledoux / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Unknown
Location: France
Photographer: John Price / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Will Gadd
Location: Temple of Silence, Alberta, Canada
Photographer: Lorenz Holder / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Senad Grosic
Location: The Dark Hedges, Northern Ireland
Photographer: Jeffrey Kieffer / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Unknown
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Photographer: Austin James Jackson / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Dane Jackson
Location: BZ Corner, Washington, USA
Photographer: Emil Sollie / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Mick Fanning
Location: Unknown
Photographer: Matt Georges / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Paul Serin
Location: Nosy Ankao, Madagascar
Photographer: Jairo Díaz / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Sergio del Pino
Location: Tenerife, Spain
Photographer: Martin Golob / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Germain Faity
Location: Montpellier, France
Photographer: Lorenz Holder / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Vladic Scholz
Location: Ouse Valley Viaduct, England