Brady Hayes walks across Australia’s longest-ever highline. In NSW’s Blue Mountains, in November 2022, a team including Brady pulled together to set this highline spanning 1,290m in length. As the day drew to a close, and with the wind making its presence felt by shaping the line into an extraordinary arc, the sandstone cliffs were blanketed in a golden curtain of light, providing the ultimate amphitheatre for Brady’s walk. You can read more about the project, and see more images from it, at wild.com.au/blue-mnts-highline-record
by AIDAN WILLIAMS
Canon R5, RF24-70mm f2.8L, f3.5, 1/200, ISO 160
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