Steven David Miller / People climbing up Uluru / Ayers Rock, as of 2019 climbing up the rock is no longer permitted. Uluru-kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. 2014.

Ashley Cooper / Climbers on the arete leading up from the Vallee Blanche to the Aiguille Du Midi above Chamonix, France. September 2014

Kirkendall-Spring / Yaks used as pack animals roped to the ground at Jangothang Campsite, Jhomolhari Trek. Bhutan, October 2014.

Colin Monteath / Climbers roped for glacier travel in case of crevasses, Mount Don Roberts, Lemaire Island, Paradise Bay behind, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Colin Monteath / Climbers roped for glacier travel during descent from Mount Don Roberts above Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Adrian Davies / Monkey Orchid {Orchis simia} growing in roped off area to prevent damage from walkers, Hartslock Nature Reserve, Oxfordshire, UK

Suzi Eszterhas / Polar Bear {Ursus maritimus} 3/4-months cubs roped by biologists to prevent escape after their mother is anaesthetised, Wapusk NP, Manitoba, Canada

Pete Oxford / Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus) roped by Chagra cowboys at a hacienda during the annual overnight cattle round-up, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus) calf roped by Chagra cowboys at a hacienda during the annual overnight cattle round-up, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Chagra cowboy with a bull he has roped on an overnight ride at a hacienda during the annual cattle round-up, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus) roped in pen by Chagra cowboys at a hacienda during the annual overnight cattle round-up, Andes Mountains, Ecuador

Ashley Cooper / National Trust sign informing people about nesting birds on the beach near Beadnell, Northumberland, UK. May, 2021.