Article Highlights:

  • Four Points Adventures sponsors the 2025 Global Rescue Contest with a 3-Day Death Valley Overland Adventure prize.
  • Photography builds trust and authenticity, showing travelers the real landscapes and experiences that await.
  • The most important images capture both smiles and landscapes — joy paired with natural beauty.
  • The trip blends overlanding, camping and skill-building in one of Earth’s most extreme environments.
  • Contest entries close October 2, 2025, with nearly $10,000 in prizes for bold travelers worldwide.

 

Travel is at its best when it inspires us to push boundaries, embrace new perspectives and come home with stories that last a lifetime. In 2025, Global Rescue is celebrating this idea through the Global Rescue Photo and Video Contest, themed Travel Boldly. This contest pays tribute to explorers, storytellers and dreamers who turn their journeys into art — capturing fleeting moments, grand landscapes and human connections that define the essence of travel.

To match the spirit of bold exploration, Global Rescue has partnered with extraordinary sponsors offering prizes that go beyond the ordinary. Together, they’ve created opportunities that range from summiting legendary peaks to venturing into untamed deserts. With nearly $10,000 in prizes up for grabs, including guided expeditions, immersive experiences and peace of mind from a Global Rescue membership, participants are invited to showcase what it truly means to travel boldly.

Among these prizes is an unforgettable journey with Four Points Adventures: a 3-Day Overland Adventure in Death Valley National Park, one of the most extreme and awe-inspiring environments on Earth.

 

The Role of Photography in Adventure

For Four Points Adventures, photography is far more than decoration — it’s a tool for trust and authenticity. “Photography plays an important role because it gives the viewer a sense of trust in where we will be taking them, what they will be seeing and doing,” says the company’s founder. “Photos, even in today’s world of AI, give the viewer a sense of truth where words alone can’t.”

In a world where travelers are inundated with digital content, real, high-quality images stand out. They build confidence, communicate honesty and capture the essence of landscapes where words might fall short. For Four Points Adventures, a striking photograph not only sells a trip but also shows travelers exactly what they can expect: rugged landscapes, star-filled skies and the thrill of self-sufficiency in remote terrain.

 

What Moments Deserve the Camera Most?

When asked what participants should focus on capturing during a trip, Four Points Adventures points to a simple but profound truth: “The most important moments to capture are the smiles and then the location. The smiles are what make your heart remember a place, then the vistas or scenery are what remind you of the beauty or power of the place.”

In Death Valley, that could mean photographing the joy of a group sharing campfire stories, the awe of stepping into a colorful canyon or the quiet satisfaction of watching the sunset from the top of a sand dune. These moments are more than visual souvenirs — they are emotional anchors that make the memory last.

 

Balancing Living in the Moment With Capturing It

In today’s digital age, travelers often face a dilemma: should they live in the moment or capture it for later? For Four Points Adventures, the answer is balance.

“When I’m guiding my clients, my priority is to make sure they are safe, getting important info and having a good time,” explains the founder. “I think it’s also important to help them capture photos or videos for their memories. I’m always happy to stop or help them figure out how to capture a certain scene, but generally photos take a back seat to the actual experience.”

With a background in professional photography, Four Points Adventures understands the temptation to see the world through a lens. But experience has shown that the best memories come from truly living in the moment. “There’s a delicate balance between enjoying and living in the experience versus capturing it for posterity or for ‘the gram,’” they note. “The best memories are made from living in the experience, not the memory of how I photographed it.”

 

The Prize: A Death Valley Overland Experience

As part of the 2025 Global Rescue Photo and Video Contest, winners will join Four Points Adventures on a 3-Day Overland Adventure in Death Valley National Park.

This prize is more than a sightseeing tour. It’s an immersion into one of the most dramatic and challenging landscapes in North America. Known for its extremes — searing daytime heat, stark salt flats, sweeping sand dunes, multicolored canyons and some of the darkest night skies in the world — Death Valley is a place that demands both respect and wonder.

 

What To Expect on the Trip

  • Overlanding Across Remote Terrain: Participants will navigate trails and terrain that highlight Death Valley’s raw beauty.
  • Camping Beneath the Stars: Nights are spent under one of the clearest skies in the world, where the Milky Way spills across the desert horizon.
  • Learning Overlanding Skills: Guides share expertise in navigation, self-sufficiency and practical survival skills, offering participants more than just views — they gain confidence and knowledge.

This adventure balances challenge with comfort, rugged discovery with camaraderie. It’s a prize designed for those who want to test their limits while savoring the unforgettable beauty of the desert.

 

The Safety Net: Global Rescue Membership

Traveling boldly often means venturing into places where help is far away. That’s why the Four Points Adventures prize also includes a 14-day Global Rescue membership, providing world-class medical and security advisory and evacuation services.

In an environment as extreme as Death Valley, this partnership ensures that participants can explore with confidence, knowing they are supported no matter what arises. Together, Four Points Adventures and Global Rescue deliver both the thrill of discovery and the peace of mind that every adventurer deserves.

 

Why Death Valley Is the Ultimate Bold Journey

Death Valley is not just a destination; it’s a metaphor for bold travel. It challenges assumptions about beauty, resilience and human endurance. To step into its vast silence is to confront both the harshness and the majesty of nature.

For Four Points Adventures, guiding travelers here is about more than logistics — it’s about empowerment. Participants leave not only with photos of surreal landscapes but also with new skills, new friendships and a deeper connection to the wilderness.

In this way, the prize embodies the very spirit of Travel Boldly: daring to enter the unknown, embracing both the joy and the challenge and coming away transformed.

 

Contest Details

The Global Rescue 2025 Photo and Video Contest is open now, with submissions accepted until October 2, 2025. After that date, a panel of expert judges will select winners who best capture the contest’s theme of Travel Boldly.

Nearly $10,000 in prizes are available, ranging from climbing expeditions to cultural journeys and rugged overland adventures like the Death Valley trip with Four Points Adventures.

Whether your work is a polished short film or a spontaneous snapshot, this contest is about celebrating creativity, courage and the power of travel to inspire.

Enter the Global Rescue 2025 Photo and Video Contest