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Portraits of Adventure: The Exciting Lives of Others [PICS]

guardian.co.uk — A new photographic exhibition at the Royal Geographic Society in London showcases 60 rarely seen images that capture the true spirit of adventure through the lens of leading landscape, portrait, action and travel photographers

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  • pilot3033, on 07/23/2008, -6/+8I'll stick to my boring, non death defying world, thanks.
  • akohut, on 07/24/2008, -2/+12That guy jumping off Big Freaky Stone Jesus was perfectly safe. The son of God would never let anything happen to him. Never.
    • jmccgod, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3Nah. The Flying Spaghetti Monster has his noodles as a makeshift landing pad for him. God has nothing to do with it.
  • Aero347, on 07/24/2008, -6/+3The guy sleeping there has some balls..
  • Dylson, on 07/24/2008, -3/+6I need to *****.
    • amanilaenvelope, on 07/24/2008, -0/+3Highlight of your day is it now?
  • Callidus, on 07/24/2008, -1/+27How does that guy in the first picture manage to fit his massive balls into his sleeping bag.
  • tidu, on 07/24/2008, -5/+3Dugg for the title's arrogance
  • u8muhrice, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1Man you really gotta love the sense of adventure on that guy, especially in this one:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/gallery/2008/jul/ ...
  • Charun, on 07/24/2008, -1/+2I'd rather just live with my crippling fear of the world outside my own home.
  • laubscher, on 07/24/2008, -0/+9I didn't know it was possible to feel jealous of and sorry for people at the same time. I'd love to- and hate to be these people.

    I am conflicted.
  • NetDom, on 07/24/2008, -0/+11The pic of the base jumper on the Christ the Redeemer statue really gives a great perspective of its sheer size
  • thegrantman, on 07/24/2008, -2/+7What the hell am I doing on a computer?
    • amanilaenvelope, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2Jacking off to GILF's: Lost In Florida.
  • JonTheGoose, on 07/24/2008, -1/+18Hey, my life is plenty exciting and filled with danger. Just this morning, while I was washing the breakfast dishes, I dropped a teaspoon down the garbage disposal and had to stick my hand all the way down inside to get it.
    • amanilaenvelope, on 07/24/2008, -5/+4You think that's terrible? The other day i woke up with this vibrating bowel movement that shook me wide awake and i ran straight to the bathroom. It was like D-Day in there, man.Bombs where being dropped EVERYWHERE When it was all over the horror of it all was that there was no toilet paper. NONE! This is where the dangerous part comes in: As look in horror, i had to walk around the house looking for a suitable cleaning-dispenser without smearing the inside of my pants or just about anywhere that isn't my arse cheeks.

      So yeah, thats pretty much the danger in my life. All in and all, Don't eat 2 day old Taco Bell taco's.
    • josereyes0, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1I just let my spoons stay there, not only is it extremely dangerous to reach in there to grab the spoons but it also makes for quite the entertaining dishwash run.
  • t4ll3y, on 07/24/2008, -0/+8I get a little scared every time I'm riding my bike and a car passes me.

    So there's that.
  • jave8u, on 07/24/2008, -0/+5That's some cool stuff. Also, disclaimer before moving on: I'm just suggesting a read, 'cause it's really cool and awesome ;D

    Anyway, if you like stuff like this, try JPG mag. It selects pictures and photo essays from a community for a certain theme, and the community votes on what pictures fulfill the assignment. It's really cool, and they do stuff like this ("Adventure"). The most recent main title theme is "Human Impact" and the upcoming mag is "Democracy." That is all :)
  • To0pak, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0I feel so inadequate
  • ar0ne, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1My question is, how did buddy get on the Jesus.
  • electricdragon, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2***** those people, wanna have an adventure?
  • AliveEven, on 07/24/2008, -2/+0Awesome photos.
    That last pic. reminded me of The Wanderer in Act 3 of Diablo II.
  • IsaiahCisneroz, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2Dugg for the five weeks of isolation along with a creepy photo.
  • Psygnosis, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2"When journalist James May and photographer Richard Newton set out to investigate the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline in 2001..." wait, would that be Top Gears James May?
  • frozensnake, on 07/24/2008, -4/+1this all si pointless. all you need is imagination
  • Halsfield, on 08/01/2008, -0/+1im amazed they let people stand on the jesus statue. we're just trying to catch some sick air off your magic dude, no worries bra. kinda like the jumper movie where the kid was sitting on top of the sphinx. yea lets risk damaging a relic just to make a movie, or get a 5sec thrill from jumping from someplace high, when we could've done it from a plane anywhere in the world.
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