These Adventure Travel Photos Will Leave You Breathless
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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.
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Photographer: Jb Liautard / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Jeremy Berthier
Location: Bourgoin-Jallieu, France
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Photographer: Ben Thouard / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Ace Buchan
Location: Teahupo'o, Tahiti, French Polynesia
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Photographer: Philip Platzer / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Markus Stöckl
Location: Atacama Desert, Chile
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Photographer: Justin Coomber / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Matt Bush
Location: Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
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Photographer: Mahallia Budds / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Cole Kraiss
Location: Camarines Sur, Philippines
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Photographer: Matt Wood / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Ted Morton
Location: Lindis Valley, New Zealand
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Photographer: Jay French / Red Bull Illume
Athletes: Billy Meaclem & Sam Minnell
Location: Canterbury, New Zealand
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Photographer: Lorenz Holder / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Anne Eaton
Location: Ötztal, Austria
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Photographer: Laurence Crossmann-Emms / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Katy Winton
Location: North Wales, UK
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Photographer: Enric Gener / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Vero Vidal
Location: Menorca, Spain
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Photographer: Daniel Bernstål / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Nils Arvidsson
Location: Ljusdal, Sweden
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Photographer: Kohei Ueno / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Shuyi Chua
Location: Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia
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Photographer: Tyrone Bradley / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Adosu Segun a.k.a. SKing
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
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Photographer: Daniel Rönnbäck / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Tof Henry
Location: Lofoten, Norway
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Photographer: Kevin Molano / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Dawinson Manuel Murillo
Location: Bogotá, Colombia
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Photographer: Robin Pearson / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Anthony Pearson
Location: Alentejo, Portugal
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Photographer: Andrius Aleksandravicius / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Unknown
Location: Lithuania
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Photographer: Geoff Coombs / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Andrew Ryzebol
Location: Tobermory, Ontario, Canada
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Photographer: Kamil Sustiak / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Chris Wallace
Location: Blue Mountains National Park, Australia
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Photographer: Chris Tedesco / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Tom Parsons
Location: Swing Arm City, Utah, USA
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Photographer: Christian Gisi / Red Bull Illume
Athletes: Caro North, Steph Davis, Thomas Senf, Jürg Ruf
Location: Mittellegi, Ridge, Eiger, Switzerland
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Photographer: Jan Kasl / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Tomáš Slavik
Location: Nevados de Chillán, Chile
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Photographer: Red Bull Illume / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Rafa Ortiz
Location: Little White Salmon River near White Salmon, Washington, USA
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Photographer: Noah Wetzel / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Chris Brule
Location: Teton Valley, Wyoming, USA
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Photographer: Lachie Carracher / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Bren Orton
Location: Alexandra Falls, Canada
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Photographer: Pablo Jiménez / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Tomás Tudela
Location: Arica, Chile
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Photographer: Sterling Lorence / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Brett Rheeder
Location: Big Water, Utah, USA
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Photographer: Ydwer van der Heide / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Kevin Langeree
Location: Camps Bay, South Africa
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Photographer: Peter Cirilli / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Levi Glenney
Location: Burlington, Vermont, USA
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Photographer: Burhan Kapar / Red Bull Illume
Athletes: Unknown
Location: Turkey
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Photographer: Ryan Moss / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Ryan Moss
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
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Photographer: Lorenz Holder / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Senad Grosic
Location: Bushmills, Northern Ireland
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Photographer: Chris Burkard / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Garrison Rowland
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
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Photographer: Marc Daviet / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Christophe Dumarest & Denis Pachoud
Location: Kuffner Ridge, Mont Blanc Massif, France
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Photographer: Piotrek Deska / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Wojciech Kujawski
Location: Mirow, Poland
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Photographer: Anthony Smith / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Brandon Semenuk
Location: Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada
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Photographer: Alexander Wick / Red Bull Illume
Athletes: Philipp Bankosegger, Chris Rudolph, Luke Lalor
Location: Salathé Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California, USA
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Photographer: Philip Platzer / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Marco Fürst
Location: Fromberg, Austria
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Photographer: Robin O'Neill / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Chris Rubens
Location: Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
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Photographer: Lorenz Holder / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Seppl Ramsbacher
Location: Unterbrunn, Germany
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Photographer: Florian Ledoux / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Unknown
Location: France
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Photographer: John Price / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Will Gadd
Location: Temple of Silence, Alberta, Canada
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Photographer: Lorenz Holder / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Senad Grosic
Location: The Dark Hedges, Northern Ireland
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Photographer: Jeffrey Kieffer / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Unknown
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
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Photographer: Austin James Jackson / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Dane Jackson
Location: BZ Corner, Washington, USA
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Photographer: Emil Sollie / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Mick Fanning
Location: Unknown
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Photographer: Matt Georges / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Paul Serin
Location: Nosy Ankao, Madagascar
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Photographer: Jairo Díaz / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Sergio del Pino
Location: Tenerife, Spain
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Photographer: Martin Golob / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Germain Faity
Location: Montpellier, France
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Photographer: Lorenz Holder / Red Bull Illume
Athlete: Vladic Scholz
Location: Ouse Valley Viaduct, England