13 places to get close to the edge

The bottoms of my feet are tingling.

I’m so clumsy that I’d probably fall or roll off these precipices.
But I love seeing other people on the edge.

I’m scared… and inspired

I was waiting for a picture from Angel’s Landing in Zion and there it was at #11! Isn’t the world a beautiful place from the top?

You’re the flipping MASTER of the photo essay. These are really cool. #4 is shockingly great.

These are fantastic! Funny thing about spectacular views though – part of me always wants to jump off and into them.

anybody else feel a little too grounded after looking at these? I love that swoon that the abyss gives the brave looker!

I so totally know what you mean

That unidentified picture is Trolltunga, Norway. It seems to have come from this blog. I identified it by looking at the EXIF data, which included the photographer’s name, then with just a little Google searching I found his blog.

If this isn’t a motivator to travel and see the beauty this world has to offer, I don’t know what is…

I love all the photos – they are absolutely incredible and I wonder if number 3 might be Turkey? Be great to expand the list as well and feature some edge images from Asia etc

god bless flickr cc, that’s all i’ve got to say.

Coolness!

Fedward is correct: Number 3: ‘Mystery Spot’ is indeed Trolltunga, Norway. (Translated: The Trolls Tounge)
Here are a couple of geotagged images of the same spot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjokoko/3348460809/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/daniel8275/2677292917/ Fascinating place:-)

By the way: Do you want to see the picture being taken in picture 10, above? Here it is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nodland/2771827177/in/set-72157606790218904/

Hi ,

If you still don’t know the richt place of pic 3 : Its the Trolltunga near ODDA in Norway

Regards,

Gert

Nice job! The new Laken water bottle is yours!

Nice! I would add Copper Canyon near chihuahua, mexico.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.coppercanyonadventures.com/Piedra_Volada_and_brave_people.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.coppercanyonadventures.com/CCA_Gallery.html&usg=__x6Y6VGpI3sS6zPCbRh4GwkZ-InM=&h=427&w=320&sz=23&hl=en&start=5&sig2=5lYB7LclIqw6Zf7YlwWxOw&um=1&tbnid=i1J2H7Etub_03M:&tbnh=126&tbnw=94&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcanon%2Bdel%2Bcobre%2Bpiedra%2Bvolada%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DGuL%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1&ei=xQ5gSsTCCJSvlAeplpDNCQ

I would think the ‘Devils Pool’ of Victoria Falls in Zambia would be a good addition. The pictures are pretty surreal.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fritz_da_kat/1489349707/sizes/l/

Wow, right now I want to go to all of these places and I’m sure when I get there, I’ll get scared and not be able to look over the edge, haha. I guess I should conquer that fear in the meantime!

@ #3:
Trolltunga = The tongue of the troll.

(Just too bad I didn’t see this and comment until now, hence not getting the water bottle… )

There are awesome. I’d love to visit every one of these places, as wanderlust is real in me. I might start with the White Mountains, or preferably Half Dome.

there are 1000 places like these throughout Newfoundland.

fantastic pics – made my stomach turn though!

I am a thief and embezzler and major liar. Ain’t it fun?

I’m still a freakin liar and theif. No mater how I spel my name.

You got number nine wrong – it’s the Cliffs of Insanity!

They are absolutely incredible I love your photos.

It’s nowhere near the top ten, but the view from the top of Ouzoud falls in Morocco is pretty spectacular. Plus you can walk right up to the edge of the side!

These are really incredible photos! Another great photo essay, thanks Hal!

Chiryculapo in Gonzanama Ecuador is a lot like this. Very pretty scenery and deep drop. Unfortunately I don’t have a photo…

I have been to Angel’s Landing. It is absolutely amazing!!! And the climb is just the right amazing of freakyness and difficulty. I loved it, and that picture does it justice…amazing.

The number 3 picture was taken in Geiranger Fjord, Norway. Is that right?

I’m not sure on the name of the fjord, but the rock itself is called Trolltunga, or “Troll’s Tongue.”

the number 3 is New Zealand!!!
Wow this pictures are great!!!
Ive just landed some days ago from a paradisiac place that also should be in this listing: cartagena down in colombia,.
its wonderful place and this is the place I stayed http://www.casablancabyb.com/
wonderful!!
number 9 looks sooo frightening!

Looking at those places online is the closest I ever want to get to any of them……..

definitely going to the norway and sweden locations!

great to see the cliffs of moher in with all these savage photographs. its just a shame about the picture, it looks like your bog-standard cliff that could be anywhere in the world!
this is a tad closer to whats its like:
http://www.tailor-madetours.com/Drive/drive%20Images/Cliffs%20of%20Moher.jpg
pretty good for place surfing these days too…

irishman

Excellent shot, Dave. I wish I would have found that one as I was browsing Flickr Creative Commons for these pics.

Great pictures. I would be to afraid to go as close to the edge as some of those people.

They don’t let you hang over the edge at the Cliffs of Moher. I tried, they didn’t appreciate me jumping their barriers.

Picture number 3 is not New Zealand, this is another great (and a bit frightening spot) from…., guess where…. NORWAY!
The picture is taken at Trolltunga (Troll’s tongue) in the Hardangerfjord, Nearby Odda, a few hours from the city of Bergen.
Believe me: Truly an amazing place. It could be visited on a daytrip, or a detour on a multiday hike in Hardangervidda National Park.

More information here: http://www.visitodda.com/newsread/news.asp?WCE=dokument_en&D=3&N=5034&COMP_ID=2&L=2
Do not know who took this spesific picture, but there are plenty of great photos from this spot…

Lookin forward to receive the Laken water bottle…:-)

Sorry man, photo was correctly identified back in June. But thanks for the added info and link!

Oh.. My God! Its beautiful, but it’s scared me so much.

Nice collection! I also would add this one picture I have taken in Slovakia-Poland border, Rysy mountain top: http://beer-travels.com/v4/res/images/blog/37/3.jpg

My tummy is doing backflips just looking at these.

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs260.snc1/10722_133906646708_511311708_2572305_2152100_n.jpg

Not sure if this photo will work through this link, but it’s a fun edge one I have of me from last spring!

thats sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo scary

me tooo!!

#3 is the Trolltunga in Norway

The guy who took the Trolltunga picture posted it on a blog here: http://benjamin-meyer.blogspot.com/2008/07/adventure-to-trolltunga.html
The guy’s name is Benjamin Meyer, and the blog is about his adventure to get to the top! Now I really want to get there some day…

Way to many american cliffs. not the best place in the world

By all means, share your nominations with us.

number 3 is taken in Norway…a foreign exchange student from Norway showed us this place

I´m getting dizzy just looking at those photos. Its not that I´m scared of heights, just scared of falling off them.

Whoa…looking at these pics gave me a killer RUSH! I’ve been to a few of these spots but I’m not as brave as some of these guys. Great shots.

I know it took almost a year but thanks Hal.

“Solomon’s Dungeon”, a small conical volcanic peak in NW Iran at Tahkt-i-Suleyman, may look like nothing from afar, but climb it and you are standing on the edge of a cylindrical volcanic vent plunging almost vertically down. Our guide said we would be terrified and we pooh-poohed him, but the experience was gut-churning, especially as Iranian families were up there and the kids were scrambling around above the void.

Gorgeous images, absolutely amazing, but everyone’s very trusting standing or sitting around at the edges of cliffs, like The Cliffs of Moher, Ireland, one slip and………oh dear.

Number 3 is the Trolltunga near Forsand, Norway. Here’s a closer in shot of the location, about two-thirds of the way down the page: http://cmcbreck.blogspot.com/2010/01/movin-on.html. And here’s (a bit) more info about it: http://www.supertightstuff.com/02/26/pictures/tight-pictures/picture-of-the-day-norwegian-rock-formations/

Norway gets my vote.

Wow. Norway is dominating. Amazing beauty!

-Black Canyon- Gunnison National Forest, CO
-Stone Door -South Cumberland State Park, TN (Grand Canyon of TN)
-Chimney Tops-Great Smoky Mountian National Park, TN