1. Tailor your account

   

   While most people fill their Instagram feeds up with photos of their meals, their children, their loved ones and their pets – this is not the way of an Instagram adventurer.

   All posts most be carefully considered to promote the look of an adventurous, yet well curated life. Any photos that show acton sports, healthy living, beautiful landscapes and far off places are the kind of thing you’re looking for.

   Posts of your weekend group hike are allowed, posts of your plastered mate and Friday night pizza binge are not. If what you’re doing isn’t rad enough to post, then find a colourful object – say an orange – and take an artistically close up shot of that instead. Sorted.

3. Be Geographically Mysterious

Is this lady waking up on a morning in the mountains of New Zealand, or has she quickly taken her jacket off for a shot in Wales while the rain has stopped for five minutes? We’ll. Never. Know.

Good filters can hide a multitude of weather related sins. Yank up the brightness and saturation and be a bit mysterious about where you are.

No one will know and because you’re super cool they will probably assume it’s somewhere remote and wild, even if in reality it’s actually just Barry Island.

4. Take Lots of Photos Outdoors With A Cute Dog

I miss this dog and the other 199 huskies at @ruka_huskies ❄ | #visitfinland #finland #lapland #huskies #husky #huskypuppy #puppylove #snow #dogsofinstagram

A photo posted by Stuart Kenny (@stuartkenny92) on Feb 24, 2016 at 2:52am PST

Snow – check. Outdoorsy shot – check. Cute dog – check. This is a grade A adventure Instagram shot.

As with most things on the internet, if you add a cute animal to an Instagram post, it’s sure to be twice as popular. Many of the most in vogue adventure channels are based not only around an adventurer, but also their trusty animal sidekick.

If you’re going to post a picture of your Saturday spent up a mountain, make sure you nick someone pooch for two minutes and get them involved.

6. Make Internet Friends With Other Adventurous Accounts

Growing family

Making internet friends with other adventurous people is one of the best things you can do to give yourself a more adventurous Instagram. Along with boosting your followers (anything under 12,000 really doesn’t look good) it makes you look way more important in the advneture world.

A comment from surfing legend Bethany hamilton? You could digitally live off that rep for months to come. Friends in high places, that’s how the world goes round.

7. Stock up on plane window photos

Plane window photos are the original humble brag, what better way to point out what a jetsetter you are than a feed full of photos taken from the sky?

Showing that your on your way somewhere awesome, without having to say where your going? That gives the perfect excuse to post a follow up photo revealing our awesome destination.

Next time your on a plane, stock up on the window photos in all types of weather and light. You never know when you might need to spruce up your account on a boring week.

8.  Take Photos Of Your Awesome Gear

Is it cold in the office today, or am I just excited about the upcoming season? Kind of hard to tell. (Granted, the goggles are arguably a step too far). #winter #cold #snow #snowboard #snowboarding #snowboardingisfun #snowboardingtime #snowboardselfie #dragonalliance #weareframeless #bataleon #bataleonmagiccarpet #lobster #lobstersnowboards #specialinterestgroup #switchbackbindings #passenger #passengerclothing

A photo posted by @jrenhard on Oct 4, 2016 at 3:35am PDT

Even if you’re not doing anything particularly rad, showing off your cool stuff will still get you adventurer points.

Whether its your new surfboard, snowboard, skis, skateboard, bike or just a pair of goggles and helmet, get them posted. Don’t forget about point five, get hashtagging the brands to show everyone what an ambassador you are.

10. ….Actually Go And Have An Adventure

Freeride Madeira charging

Just go on an adventure.

By the time you’ve put all this effort into making yourself look rad online, you may as well have spent all that time actually doing the stuff everything thinks you’re doing.

Of course you can still build an awesome profile online to show people the adventures you’re actually having, but here’s a surprising secret..

If you’re off going base jumping, surfing, hiking, travelling…we bet that you won’t even have time to think about whether to update your profile or not!

Now turn off the computer and go do something awesome.

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