1113-51631 - Man watching the sunset, Alpamayo, Cordillera Blanca, Peru, South America

1113-51725 - Christian Bogensberger climbing Nutcracker, Alpine climbing, Yosemite Valley, California, USA

1113-51729 - Man rock climbing, Techno climbing at South West Face, Big Wall Climbing, Washington Column, Yosemite Valley, California, USA

1113-59163 - Hikers in front of the Lomnica Peak, High Tatras, Slovakia

1113-56640 - Two climbers standing on the top of a mountain peak, Trois Salazie, Gros Morne, Ille de la RÈunion, Indian Ocean

1113-49892 - Two hikers near Langtaufers, Alto Adige, South Tyrol, Italy

1113-49883 - Hiker in Ultental, Alto Adige, South Tyrol, Italy

1113-49758 - Mountaineers watching a bird of prey, Alto Adige, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

1113-44288 - Mountaineer at Hintergrat, Ortler, Trentino-Alto Adige/Suedtirol, Italy

1113-44299 - Mountaineer arriving Hocheck, Watzmann, Berchtesgaden Alps, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany

1113-49849 - Reinhold Messner mountain museum, Sigmundskron castle, Bozen, Alto Adige, South Tyrol, Italy

1113-37727 - Mountaineers at Triglav summit, Triglav, Triglav national park, Julian alps, Slovenia

1113-32479 - Man hiking near Lago Lillet, Alta Via del Canavese, Gran Paradiso National Park, Piedmont, Italy

1113-25973 - People on a ski tour ascending the mountain, Mountain landscape, Seiser Alp, South Tyrol, Italy

1113-26472 - Photographs of deceased mountaineers, Inside Messner Mountain Museum Firmian, MMM, Sigmundskron Castle, Reinhold Messner, Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy

1113-20184 - Group mountaineers ascending Matterhorn, Zermatt, Canton of Valais, Switzerland

1113-15006 - Two mountaineers ascending over icefield, Clariden, Canton of Uri, Switzerland

1113-14239 - Group of mountaineers resting at summit cross of mount Kesselkogel, Rosengarten group, Dolomites, Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol, Italy

1113-9769 - Women on the Mittenwalder Klettersteig, Mittenwalder Hoehenweg, Fixed rope climbing, Karwendel mountain, Mittenwald, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

1113-14201 - Three mountaineers near hut Hochfeilerhuette, Hochfeiler, Zillertal Alps, South Tyrol, Alto Adige, Italy

1113-9771 - Women on the Mittenwalder Klettersteig, Mittenwalder Hoehenweg, Fixed rope climbing, Karwendel mountain, Mittenwald, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

1113-9902 - Two women sorting their climbing equipment, quickdraws, cams and friends, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

1113-9901 - Woman rock climbing in Yosemite National Park, California, USA

1113-9773 - Women on the Mittenwalder Klettersteig, Mittenwalder Hoehenweg, Fixed rope climbing, Karwendel mountain, Mittenwald, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

1113-9770 - Women on the Mittenwalder Klettersteig, Mittenwalder Hoehenweg, Fixed rope climbing, Karwendel mountain, Mittenwald, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

1113-14242 - Girl climbing at Sass Rigais, Geisler range, Dolomites, Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol, Italy

1113-14200 - Mountaineer at Hochfeiler summit, Zillertal Alps, South Tyrol, Alto Adige, Italy

1113-9772 - Women on the Mittenwalder Klettersteig, Mittenwalder Hoehenweg, Fixed rope climbing, Karwendel mountain, Mittenwald, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

1113-9774 - Women on the Mittenwalder Klettersteig, Mittenwalder Hoehenweg, Fixed rope climbing, Karwendel mountain, Mittenwald, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

1116-151 - Mountaineers On Mountain

857-75957 - A rock climber ascends a red rock face in Nevada.

857-63904 - Kevin Jorgeson climbing "Fantasia" at Lover's Leap, a popular granite climbing destination near Lake Tahoe in California's Sierra Nevada mountains. The cliff is known for its distinct horizontal quartz dikes which make interesting climbing. This route is considered a risky mental test piece because of its lack of good cracks for protection. It was first climbed in 1973 by Royal Robbins and Ken Wilson.

857-73960 - A professional male climber ascends a frozen waterfall pillar while ice climbing near Ouray, Colorado.

857-75969 - A rock climber ascends a red rock face in Nevada.

857-75965 - A rock climber ascends a red rock face in Nevada.

857-75981 - A rock climber falls as she ascends a red rock face in Nevada.

857-75968 - A rock climber ascends a red rock face in Nevada.

857-75975 - A rock climber ascends a red rock face in Nevada.

857-75961 - A rock climber ascends a red rock face in Nevada.

857-77678 - A rock climber stands on top of a pinnacle that he just completed in the French Alps.

857-77076 - Female climber reaching out for a distant hold on overhanging limestone in China.

857-75962 - A rock climber ascends a red rock face in Nevada.

1113-3995 - Train to Jungfraujoch with Eiger and Moench mountains, Grindelwald, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland

857-39300 - Two hikers climb a ridge near Mont Blance in France.

857-44397 - Panoramic of high mountain peaks in the Alps.

857-40988 - Climber in shorts with trekking poles summits Mount Rainier, Washington.

857-39299 - Two hikers climb a ridge near Mont Blance in France.

857-45131 - man rock climbing, San Rafael Swell, Utah

857-40989 - Climber in shorts with trekking poles summits Mount Rainier, Washington.

857-45132 - man rock climbing, San Rafael Swell, Utah

857-39291 - A hiker smiles in front of a mountain in the French alps near Chamonix.

857-44418 - Panoramic of high mountain peaks in the Alps.

857-32254 - Bill Saul jams the strenuous crack called "Oh My God Corner" (5.10+) at the God Crags on Old Rag Mountain in the Shenandoah National Park, VA

857-34437 - Rock climber Beth Rodden crimping a hold with chalky hands on Renaissance Wall at the Lumpy Ridge climbing area in Rocky Mountain National Park outside of Fort Collins, Colorado. Beth Rodden is one of the world's leading free climbers.

857-30584 - Steve Whelan jumps off cilff into fresh snow in front of the "Hounds Tooth" in Bugaboo Glacier Provincial Park, near Golden, British Columbia, Canada.

857-29723 - Rob Raker ascends a vertical pitch of glacial ice high on the Cassin Ridge route of Denali (Mt. McKinley), Alaska in May 1990. This pitch is the technical crux of the route which ascends the South Face to the summit at 20,320 feet, the highest point in North America. (Photo by Kevin Steele, Aurora)

857-29977 - Rock climber Cassandra Riddle climbs out of the shadows while climbing at Carver, Oregon.

857-33431 - Tommy Caldwell belays female rock climber Beth Rodden as she climbs a crack on the West Buttress climbing route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California. Beth Rodden and Tommy Caldwelll are two of the world's leading big wall climbers.

857-10254 - Climbing Ranger in Grand Teton National Park.

851-226 - Climber In the clouds Mount Chacaltaya, Cordillera real, Bolivia, Andes, South America

911-8176 - Sunset from the Sphynx Rock on Great Gable in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-430 - Climber bum sliding out of the Great Stone Shoot on Sgurr Alasdair on the Cuillin Ridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

911-2021 - An injured climber with a dislocated shoulder is winched off Pavey Ark by the Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team and RAF Sea King helicopter, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-2207 - A woman climber in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Andalucia, Southern Spain, Europe

911-5441 - Climbers on Napes Needle, a pinnacle of rock on Great Gable in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-672 - A climber on Stac Pollaidh in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

911-3429 - Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team treat a seriously injured climber with a broken femur in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-660 - A walker on the peak of Foinaven in Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

911-1346 - Crossing the Vallee Blanche on the Mer Du Glace above Chamonix, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

911-3198 - The Sphinx Rock on Great Gable above Wastwater in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-5748 - A sim man being used in a training scenario for mountain rescue volunteers, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-5143 - Mountaineers crossing the Cairngorm plateau in winter, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

911-3160 - A mountain rescue member uses a flare to attract an approaching Sea King helicopter to the casualty site on Fairfield in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-661 - A walker on the peak of Foinaven in Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

911-4355 - A group of mountaineers practise ice axe arrests on Cairngorm in the Cairngorm National Park in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

911-3131 - A woman walking on Crinkle Crags in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-3435 - An RAF Sea King helicopter evacuates a seriuosly injured climber with a broken femur from a mountain rescue site in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-1465 - Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team carrying an injured walker from the fells in Langdale, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-656 - A walker on the peak of Foinaven in Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

911-1466 - Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team carrying an injured walker from the fells in Langdale, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-4200 - A mountain rescue team member abseiling in the snow above Kirkstone near Ambleside in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-425 - Climber in the Great Stone Shoot on Sgurr Alasdair on the Cuillin Ridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

911-2014 - An injured climber with a dislocated shoulder is winched off Jacks Rake, Pavey Ark by the Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-1348 - A climber in front of Mont Blanc above Chamonix, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

911-7433 - A mountaineer ice climbing on Sour Milk Ghyll in Easedale, Grasmere, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-3363 - Mountain rescue team members in the Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

911-5747 - A sim man being used in a training scenario for mountain rescue volunteers, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-7461 - Mountaineers descending the Goat track on the Cairngorm plateau, above Corie an Sneachda, Cairngorm mountains, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

911-6228 - The mountaineer, Mike Withers, ice climbing in Fisher Place gill above Thilrmere in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-7371 - A mountaineer overlooks a temperature inversion with valley mist from Red Screes, looking towards the Kentmere Fells near Ambleside, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-6229 - The mountaineer, Mike Withers, ice climbing in Fisher Place gill above Thilrmere in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-7059 - Members of the Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue setting up belays on a Team training in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-3735 - Members of Langdale Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team descend Bow Fell after treating and evacuating a seriously injured climber in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-3282 - Climbers on Napes Needle on Great Gable in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-3132 - Climbers ascend Helvellyn from Striding Edge in the Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-1527 - Climber on the summit of the 4000 metre peak of Mont Blanc Du Tacul above Chamonix, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

911-7544 - Climber being blasted by spindrift during high winds moving snow above Grasmere in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-5142 - A man climbing Low Water Beck on Coniston Old Man in winter, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

911-3249 - Women fell walkers in heavy snow on Quinag in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

911-4358 - A group of mountaineers practise ice axe arrests on Cairngorm in the Cairngorm National Park in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe