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11 of the most inspiring adventure photos you’ll see this week

Instagram is a very dangerous place. Within a matter of seconds of scrolling through my timeline, in between the memes, I’m hit with an array of epic adventure photos which make me want to chuck my stuff into the nearest bag and catch the next flight to, well, everywhere. 

The world is at my finger tips and the more I scroll, the longer my bucket list grows. Annoyingly, my bank balance doesn’t seem to take the same approach in life. But luckily, good old Instagram is also there for me when I need to get a quick adventure fix when the pennies are too low in the bank – it’s a vicious circle.

Anyway, after spending far too much time scrolling this month, I have compiled a list of my favourite images which, I bet, will be some of the most inspiring adventure photos you’ll see this week – enjoy!

1. Breath-taking views in Greenland…

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2. Preikestolen looking beautiful in the gloom…

3. Stargazing in the mountains of California…

4. Watching the clouds go by at Wanaka, New Zealand…

5. Watching the Northern Lights in Finland…

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6. Catching the milky way on Piz Languard, Switzerland…

7. Ice climbing at Skaftafell Glacier in Iceland…

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8. Bivvying in the Dolomites, Italy

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9. Paddling through a glacier ice tunnel in Austria…

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10. World’s best sleepover in Oahu, Hawaii

11. Some serous cabin porn in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile…