/ 2026 / Sports / Extreme Sports

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Austin Ruixuan Zhao, United States
• Date of Photograph
  5/16/2026

These photographs were taken during a three hour spelunking trip through a cave system. For most of the route, cavers had to crawl one at a time through tight passages before the cave opened into larger chambers and a final rope ascent toward the exit.