Follow the Adventurers of the Year on Instagram
Last November we announced the 2015 Adventurers of the Year and invited you to vote every day through January 31 for the People’s Choice. Now in our 11th year of celebrating the world’s most inspiring adventurers, we have established a pretty spectacular crew of people who continue to define the human spirit in unique ways (see all our honorees). Here’s a look at some of our honorees (in alphabetical order) on Instagram. Follow them (and us, too, @natgeoadvenure)!
Alastair Humphreys – @al_humphreys
Aleksander Doba – @aleksander_doba
Alex Honnold – @alexhonnold
André Borschberg and Bertrand Piccard – @solarimpulse
Arthur Middleton – @arthurmiddleton
Ben Knight – @ben_knight
Ben Stookesbury – @redonkulous2u
Benny Marr – @bennymrr
Carissa Moore – @rissmoore10
Chris Davenport – @steepsking
Chris Korbulic – @ckorbulic
Christy Mahon – @aspenchristy
Danny MacAskill – @danny_macaskill
Dave and Amy Freeman – @freemanexplore
David Lama – @davidlama_official
Erik Boomer – @eboomer
Erik Weihenmayer – @erikweihenmayer
Gavin McClurg – @gavinmcclurg
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner – @pyhrgas
Greg Long – @gerglong
Ian Welsted – @ianwelsted
Jamie Mitchell – @jamie_mitcho
Jennifer Pharr Davis – @jenpharrdavis
Jeremy Jones – @jeremyjones
Joe Riis – @joeriis
Josh Dueck – @justdueck
Kilian Jornet – @kilianjornet
Kit DesLauriers – @kitdski
Lewis Pugh – @lewispugh1
Liz Clark – @captainlizclark
Matt Moniz – @matt_moniz
Mike Libecki – @mikelibecki
Pedro Oliva – @pedrolivakaiak
Ramon Navarro – @surfnavarro
Renan Ozturk – @renan_ozturk
Scott Jurek – @scottjurek
Stacy Bare – @stacyabare
Steve Boyes – @drsteveboyes
Ted Mahon – @tedmahon
Tommy Caldwell – @tommycaldwell
Travis Rummel – @travisrummel
Ueli Steck – @uelisteck
Will Gadd – @realwillgadd
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