15 shots that will make your heart beat faster — even for those who are not afraid of heights (18 photos)

You can be anyone - a seasoned rock climber, a nine-life parkour runner, or just a person who "doesn't get dizzy from heights." But these pictures are not just photos. They are visual shockwaves that can pierce the armor of even the most cold-blooded.





1. Pico Tijuca Staircase: How to Smile on the Edge of the Clouds.



The photo is deceptive: the girl seems to be hanging in the air. But this is the focus of the lens and the fish eye. In fact, there is a ladder. But the feeling that she is balancing on an arc in the sky remains. And you yourself begin to doubt gravity.





The view from another angle is not so scary.



2. Extreme-level air conditioning installation.



A guy fixing an air conditioner. On a ledge. On the 28th floor. In flip-flops. Come on. There are people who don't care if there are railings or not. The main thing is the work and that the tools don't fly off. Or himself. I hope he at least gets paid well for it.

3. God-level window cleaning.



Tell me, has anyone had a neighbor like that, who fixes an antenna on the windowsill of the twentieth floor, hanging out as if he was promised a prize for acrobatics?

4. "I will never forget this moment." And neither will we.



The light falls in such a way that it seems that the photographer's legs are hanging in the sky. But most likely, he is sitting on the edge of a helicopter, and he has no instinct for self-preservation since birth. The atmosphere of the photo: "just a little more - and that's it."

5. Crazy Danger Girl.



In the photo - Angelina Nicolaou. She is not just a roofer, she is an artist on the edge of heights. A girl who takes a selfie on the edge of a skyscraper as calmly as others brush their teeth. This particular photo is the quintessence of everything that can cause a nervous tic in a caring mother.

6. A rock with a crack: beautiful, creepy, very dangerous.



There are no railings on this cliff in the mountains. But there is a crack that geologists have been monitoring since the 1930s. And recently it has started growing again. But this does not stop anyone - people continue to stand on the edge. Perhaps not knowing that under their feet there is a geological time bomb. But would you risk walking on it and jumping over this crack?

7. Sunbathing on the roof. But in Hong Kong. But on top. But without railings.



The same Angelina as in the 5th photo. This time, she is lying on the edge of a high-rise building in the center of a metropolis, where one strong gust of wind can easily turn a photo shoot into a flight. And no, this is not a photo montage. This is a reality that rests on the balance of courage and guess what...

8. Photographing from the edge.



The moment when a person stretches his hands forward with a heavy camera, standing on the edge of a building. And you can already imagine: sweaty palms, slight imbalance, wind... And the feeling that the camera is heavier than it seems and is about to tip you over the edge of the building...

9. A bed with a view. And without a wall. And without common sense.



When they say that "you need to get up on the right side of the bed," they don't specify that one of them may end up on the edge of a precipice. Some people live in houses, some on rooftops. This photo is a direct illustration of the desire to live with a view of the mountains... and without the slightest instinct for self-preservation.

10. Those who climb spires are clearly not afraid of karma.



The photo was taken in 2016. In the photo - builders who climbed to the very top of the spire 335 meters high. Everything is legal, everything is according to the rules, everything is on the edge. The photographer was sitting in the crane cabin and catching the moment.

11. The rock that withstood, and the girl who coped.



A girl conquers a peak that looks like a wing of a mountain bird. Her first outdoor climb. No hint of fear. Just confidence, sneakers and the sky. The photo is like a monument to the moment when you grow above yourself - conquering your fear and reaching new heights.

12. 426 meters above Central Park, USA.



This shot really pushes the diaphragm. It feels like you're standing on this ledge. No belts, no nets, no fear - just a man and New York under his feet. Just looking at the frame makes your legs want to lie down and stop functioning.

13. A thousand meters. One step. Zero mistakes.



Norway, Kjerag stone. The author of the photo is standing, or rather balancing, on a boulder stuck between two rocks. Below him is a kilometer of free fall. Comment: "If I had stumbled, I would have died. But I didn't." I hope he had a good day after that.

14. "Not a plain, but a vertical."



In the photo, climber Hazel Findlay is hanging on a steep cliff and looking for a way up, not down. She is not held by ropes - she holds herself. And she says: "Girls don't have to be afraid either. You just have to want it." And after that, you want to applaud while standing. On the ground.

15. Harihar Fort: an Indian staircase that does not forgive mistakes.



Each step is like a separate quest. The staircase is shaped like a water slide, only without water and with a guaranteed adrenaline rush. There is moss underfoot, it is slippery. There is an abyss on the side. No insurance. Just you and your legs, which suddenly remember how to shake