When Roughing It Goes Wrong, and Nature Takes Revenge

Living on the Edge

For most folks, camping on flat ground is challenging enough, but these daredevils are out here sleeping on a 4,000-foot cliff face. Meet the brave souls embracing “Portaledge” camping—basically, tents dangling like ornaments from some of the world’s most terrifying cliffs. Their campsite? A vertical wall in the Arctic, where “don’t look down” takes on a whole new meaning.

Adventure photographer Gordon Wiltsie captured these breathtaking shots, risking his neck to snap climbers catching shut-eye amid plummeting rocks and icy gusts. For them, dangling above nothingness isn’t scary—it’s just another Tuesday. Who needs a campfire when you’ve got a view of the entire planet below your sleeping bag?

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