No one has yet cheated death, and I don’t expect to be the first. So inspired by the recent movie, I wrote my own bucket list. In total, I anticipate spending 15-20 years accomplishing everything on this list, unless a huge advance check comes knocking.<\/p>\n
While I don’t expect to die in my fifties, I want to take advantage of being healthy now.<\/p>\n
Also, I may add a few items in the next week, but the basic arc feels right. Where possible, I made them specific, yet brief.<\/p>\n
1) Finish a marathon<\/p>\n
2) Obtain Class A USPA certification<\/p>\n
3) Backpack 100 miles of the Appalachian trial<\/p>\n
4) Learn enough Cyrillic to read at least 10 Russian adult fiction or non-fiction books<\/p>\n
5) Write 5 novels<\/p>\n
6) See the Northern Lights in Nova Scotia<\/p>\n
7) See the White Nights in St. Petersburg<\/p>\n
8) Sleep in a pipe among the bears of Alaska<\/p>\n
9) Stay two nights in the Ice Lodge of Norway<\/p>\n
10) Stand as close as possible to Stonehenge<\/p>\n
11) Drink from Glastonbury Tor<\/p>\n
12) Ride in a hot air balloon<\/p>\n
13) Jump from a hot air balloon<\/p>\n
14) Tour Germany during Oktoberfest<\/p>\n
15) Hike 2 days in the Outback<\/p>\n
16) Scale El Capitan in Yosemite National Forest<\/p>\n
17) Go on an African Safari<\/p>\n
18) See the Great Pyramids under the cover of darkness<\/p>\n
19) Walk 50 miles across the Great Wall of China.<\/p>\n
20) Become proficient at Krav Maga<\/p>\n
21) Photograph the Nazca Lines<\/p>\n
22) Snowboard on the Swiss Alps<\/p>\n
23) Spend 1 night alone in the Mojave desert.<\/p>\n
24) Complete a bed and breakfast snowmobile circuit in Canada or Vermont.<\/p>\n
25) Catch some beads at Mardi Gras.<\/p>\n
26) Put a $100 bet on outside box black at Ceaser’s Palace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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