2025 continued the five categories from the previous year: Nature, Action, Club Card, Funny, and People. Image descriptions are added where provided. A full list of all submissions can be found here.

The top 3 photos from each category are shown below. Click on a photo to view it in its full glory!

Nature

Winner: Thumbs up to the universe by Campbell Jones
“A long-dead tree reaches for the heavens atop a ridgeline at 3,500m beside Passu Glacier, Pakistan. A more accurate name would be Thumb Up to the Galaxy but it doesn't sound as nice”
#2: Tent of Gold by Keith Perry
“Overnight bivvy sight below Mt Brewster being blessed by a rainbow.”
#3: 5 Star Hotel by Keith Perry (2)
“Another Bivvy under the stars so we didn't have to sleep inside a smelly hut”

Action

Winner: Look mah no hands by Zee
“Nicks attempt at a reverse Christmas angel”
#2: Layback and don’t look down by Keith Perry (3)
“Amelia K on Bowen Allen Corner, NZ”
#3: Between a rock and a damp place by Keith Perry (4)
“Mercedes R focusing on the next sequence of moves with the ocean crashing beneath her”

People

Winner: Lads Trip to Claustral by Campbell Jones
#2: The Green Room by Brendan Crisp
Tied 3rd: Friendly Neighbourhood Stevie G by Brendan Crisp
Tied 3rd: Un-stucking by Phoebe Sloan
“How many engineers does it take to un-bog a car?”

Funny

Winner: Enough Sunscreen by Keith Perry (5)
“Myself (Keith) coming to the realization that the zinc heavy sunscreen does not require the same level of application.”
Tied 2nd: Goat by Sonia Chapman
Tied 2nd: DefibDan by Daniel Gilbert
Tied 3rd: Don't Tell The Physio by Daniel Gilbert
Tied 3rd: Frolicking by Keith Perry (6)

Club Card

Winner: Days like these by Brendan Crisp
#2: That Peak's Next by Keith Perry (7)
"Portraying the drive of UNSWOC members to always be perusing the next big challenge."
#3: Butterbox by Brendan Crisp

Editor’s Notes

7 photos by Keith Perry, and 4 photos by Brendan Crisp made the top three this year, congratulations!

The following image was entered into the Nature category. I think it would've done super well in the Funny category, and thought it deserved a shoutout 🙂

Wishful Thinking by Danielle Holmes