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For some people, hiking into the Canyon and hot-air-ballooning over Sedona rank as adrenaline-inducing adventures. And then there are the extremists — the rock-climbing, whitewater-running risk takers who defy physics and go beyond mortal comprehension. They're a rare breed, and fortunately for us, some of them have high-tech cameras.

Featured in the June 2014 Issue of Arizona Highways

BY: Jeff Kida (Portfolio Editor)

Rafters tackle the Colorado River’s Hermit Rapids. The rapids are among the Grand Canyon’s most turbulent and difficult to navigate.
Kerrick James
CAMERA: Pentax MZ-S; film: Fuji Velvia 50; SHUTTER: 1/125 sec; Aperture: f/8; ISO: 50; FOCAL LENGTH: 20 mm

 

A mountain biker rides the sandstone landscape on the Navajo Nation near Chinle.
Bill Hatcher
CAMERA: Nikon F100; film: Fuji Velvia 50; SHUTTER: 1/125 sec; Aperture: f/5.6; ISO: 50; FOCAL LENGTH: 150 mm

 

While exploring slot canyons near Lake Powell, hiker Glenn Rink climbs a butte for a view of iconic Rainbow Bridge. Most visitors access the bridge from Lake Powell.
Bill Hatcher
CAMERA: Nikon F5; film: Fuji Velvia 50; SHUTTER: 1/250 sec; Aperture: f/8; ISO: 50; FOCAL LENGTH: 150 mm

 

As water rushes by, Chris Erwin rappels down a partially frozen waterfall in the Prescott National Forest’s Black Canyon.
David Wallace
CAMERA: Canon PowerShot G10; SHUTTER: 1/800 sec; Aperture: f/4.5; ISO: 400; FOCAL LENGTH: 30.5 mm

 

Climber Tamara Hastie sets an anchor between two lichen- covered rocks in Volunteer Canyon near Flagstaff.
Dawn Kish
CAMERA: Nikon D7000; SHUTTER: 1/400 sec; Aperture: f/9; ISO: 320; FOCAL LENGTH: 105 mm

 

A hiker explores Paria Canyon, part of the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness on the Arizona-Utah border.
John Burcham
CAMERA: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; SHUTTER: 1/400 sec; Aperture: f/4.5; ISO: 250; FOCAL LENGTH: 70 mm

 

Hiker David Wallace leaps from a 60-foot cliff into a deep pool in Devils Canyon near Florence.
Laura Segall
CAMERA: Canon EOS-1D; SHUTTER: 1/80 sec; Aperture: f/5.6; ISO: 250; FOCAL LENGTH: 16 mm

 

Rock climber Jeff Snyder scales a sandstone arch in Sedona. The difficult climbing route has an imposing name: Arch Enemy.
John Burcham
CAMERA: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; SHUTTER: 1/400 sec; Aperture: f/8; ISO: 250; FOCAL LENGTH: 16 mm