Scuba Diver climbing Boat, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Ski mountaineering, Pale di San Martino, Cima Fradusta ascent, Dolomites, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

Diver doing Safety Stop, Kai Islands, Moluccas, Indonesia

Tourists at Tomb of Khai Dinh, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hue, Thua Thien-Hue, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Cerro Torre, one of the hardest peaks in the world to climb, El Chalten Massif, Argentine Patagonia, Argentina, South America

Rock climber in action, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Rock climber in action, Margalef, Catalonia, Spain, Eurpe

Rock climber in action, Stanage Edge, Peak District, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Climber makes a solo ascent of one of the thousands of classic outcrop climbs on the popular cliff of Stanage Edge, near Hathersage, Peak District, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A rock climber makes a first ascent of on the cliffs above the Llanberis Pass, Snowdonia National Park, Wales, United Kingdom

Rock climbing, free climbing on Black Crag, in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK

Woman carrying vegetables in pannier basket by mountian village of Ping An, Guilin, China

pilgrim path along stone steps with rope handrail, Hua Shan, Shaanxi province, Taoist mountain, China, Asia

photographer Karl Johaentges with backpack and camera bag, vertical stone cliffs, Taoist mountain, Hua Shan, Shaanxi province, Taoist mountain, China, Asia

performing monkey, Tai Shan, Shandong province, Taishan, Mount Tai, World Heritage, UNESCO, China, Asia

chains and planks, vertical stone cliffs, Taoist mountain, Hua Shan, Shaanxi province, Taoist mountain, China, Asia

Tourists climbing downwards, stone steps and chains below North Peak, Taoist mountain, Hua Shan, Shaanxi province, Taoist mountain, China, Asia

steep rock carved stone steps to Lotus Peak, Huang Shan, Anhui province, steep climb, stone steps, World Heritage, UNESCO, China, Asia

Wannian monastery and temple, brick hall with Buddha riding a white elephant, China, Asia, Emei Shan, Sichuan Province, Emeishan, Mount Emei, World Heritage, UNESCO

vertical stone cliffs, Taoist mountain, Hua Shan, Shaanxi province, Taoist mountain, China, Asia

path and stairs, thieving monkeys, Mountains, Emei Shan, World Heritage Site, UNESCO, China, Asia

steep rock carved stone steps to Lotus Peak, Huang Shan, Anhui province, steep climb, stone steps, World Heritage, UNESCO, China, Asia

viewing platform near Jinding Monastery, clouds, summit of Emei Shan mountains, Sacrifice Cliff, China, Asia, World Heritage Site, UNESCO

porters carry furniture, building material on their backs up steep mountain steps to the summit, Taoist mountain, Hua Shan, Shaanxi province, Taoist mountain, China, Asia

steep rock carved stone steps to Lotus Peak, Huang Shan, Anhui province, steep climb, stone steps, World Heritage, UNESCO, China, Asia

steep rock carved stone steps to Lotus Peak, Huang Shan, Anhui province, steep climb, stone steps, World Heritage, UNESCO, China, Asia

Mount Aizkorri 1523 meters, the highest in Guipuzcoa. Basque Country. Ascent through San Adrian and return through the Oltza fields. A young woman scratching some goats, vertical photo

Climbing through a steep and rocky cliff Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), subspecies Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome). South America, Falkland Islands, January

Elevador da Bica, Lisbona, Portugal, Europe

Climbing through a steep and rocky cliff Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), subspecies Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome). South America, Falkland Islands, January

Foreshortening, Elevador da Bica, Lisbona, Portugal, Europe

Tommy Caldwell free climbing on the crux pitch, 5.14, of the Dihedral Wall during his first ascent of the route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California.

Tom McMillan blowing out a seam to place protection while making an ascent.

Tommy Caldwell doing the second free ascent of The Zodiac on El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California. Caldwell is one of the worlds leading rock climbers. In the lower third Caldwell's climbing partner, Kevin Swift, is visible belaying while laying on his portaledge.

A mountaineer rappels down Cerro Torre's south east ridge in the early morning, after an ascent of the peak in Argentine Patagonia. Cerro Torre is one of the most difficult and iconic peaks in the Southern Andes, and is a highly sought after summit by the worlds top alpinists, Argentina

Manaslu mountaineering expedition 2008, Nepal Himalayas: Mountaineers during their ascent of Manaslu.

Church of Elijah the Prophet, fresco on the wall of Elijah's ascension into heaven in a whirlwind; Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

A semi-truck begins the ascent through Atigun Pass along the Dalton Highway; Alaska, United States of America