20 photos of the most exciting adventure of the year

• 20 of the most

, the exciting adventure pictures

The world is much more interesting, brighter and more varied than it seems when you look out the window or monitor. Fortunately for us, there are a number of photographers taking pictures of crazy beauty. These 20 pictures will make you forget about the regular life and tune into great achievements.

All photos - participants of the exhibition "The Best Adventure Photography: Exposure 2014" ( "best adventure photo - 2014"), whose purpose - to show that a person afford to compete with nature and go beyond their limits.

Frozen couple from Anchorage, Alaska, USA. (Photo: Nathaniel Wilder)

Fisherman Jenny Grossenbaher wades deep into the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, USA. (Photo by Andy Anderson)

Beysdzhamper Kevin Chirico jumping from the top of Mount Lukin Voice in Utah, USA. (Photo: Scott Rogers)

Klaus Thiemann in one of the tunnels during the filming of a documentary about the glaciers of the Arctic zone. (Photo: Klaus Thiemann)

Photographer John Irwin floated in a kayak on the river Seymour in British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Jordan Manley)

Yosemite National Park, California, USA. (Photo: Michael Hodges)

Brendan Feyrklu jump over the canyon on a ten-for Mountain bike Red Bull Rampage in Utah, USA championship. (Photo: Paris Gore)

The two men make their way through the corridor of the cypress trees at dawn at Lake Caddo near the Texas and Louisiana borders, USA. (Photo by Michael Hanson)

Tom Foulkes took a picture of his father Bob before installing the Spiral Jetty, erected in 1970 by Robert Smithson, USA. (Photo: Tom Foulkes)

Belgian caver Nicolas Borsche in the aisle Dzhiandzhou, China. (Photo: Jeremy Koryo)

Canadian baydarochnitsa Katrina van Wijk is fused with a 25-meter waterfall on the River North Toketa Umpkua in Oregon, USA. (Photo: Charlie Munzi)

A skydiver jumps from a cliff into the Western Colorado, USA. (Photo: Crystal Wright)

Theo Allofs takes pictures with a paraglider seen them strange circles in Namibia. (Photo: Theo Allofs)

A surfer Ian Stokes wins icy wave in Missoula, Montana, USA. (Photo: Paolo Marchesi)

Casey Kruger passes on the edge of the continental shelf in the town of Duluth, Minnesota, USA. (Photo: Hansi Johnson)

Tightrope walker Ben Plotkin-Swing is balancing on a rope length of 55 meters, stretched between two vertices in Washington Gorge National Park "North Cascades", USA. (Photo: Crystal Wright)

Skier James Heim explores Ipsut mountain near Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo: Blake Yorgerson)

The sheep are interested in tourist tent, the Amur River, Mongolia. (Photo: Crystal Wright)

Windsurfer Kai Lenny on the north coast of Maui, Hawaii, USA. (Photo: Frank Bertoua)

The climber Tim Emment the final stages of the ascent to Helmskem waterfall in British Columbia, Canada. (Photo: Victor Skupinski)