50 Things to Do before you die


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In September 2003, the BBC commissioned a poll to determine the 50 things people most wanted to do before they died.

Having looked through the list I discovered I have done quite a few of them or at least nearly done them (will be explained below). Have a look and see what you think.

 

   

Done

To Do

1

 

Swim with Dolphins (see Discovery Cove)

 

2

   

Scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef

3

 

Well I have flown on Concorde around the Bay of Biscay, and I have been to New York, but I haven’t done them both together.
(Now that Concorde has been retired I am not likely to complete this one).

Fly on Concorde to New York

4

  Go Whale Watching.
Killer whales in Norway Fjords.

 

5

   

Dive with Sharks

6

   

Skydiving

7

 

Fly in a Hot Air Balloon

 

8

 

Not a Jet, but I have flown a Korean War Fighter and had a dog fight – see SkyFighters

Fly a fighter Jet

9

 

Go on a Safari – I have been on two in Kenya and Tanzania

 

10

 

See the Northern Lights – have done this in Alaska

 

11

 

Walk the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu – I haven’t walked the whole of the Trail, but have walked the last bit to see Machu Picchu

 

12

   

Climb Sydney Harbour Bridge

13

 

Escape to a Paradise Island – I have been to Bali

 

14

   

Drive a Formula 1 Racing Car

15

   

Go White Water Rafting

16

 

Walk the Great Wall of China – I have been to the Great Wall and walked a small section

 

17

   

Go Bungee Jumping – NO WAY

18

   

Ride the Rocky Mountaineer Train between Vancouver and Calgary

19

   

Drive along Route 66 between Chicago and Los Angeles

20

 

Fly in a Helicopter over the Grand Canyon

 

21

   

Take the Orient Express between London and Venice

22

 

See Elephants in the Wild – have done so on Safari in Africa. I have also ridden an elephant in India

 

23

   

Explore Antarctica

24

   

Ride a Motor Bike on the Open Road

25

   

Try Cowboy Ranching

26

   

Climb Mount Everest

27

 

Wonder at one of the Great Waterfalls of the World (Angel Falls, Iguacu, Niagara and Victoria Falls) – I have seen both Niagara and Victoria Falls

 

28

  Not a possibility unless I become a multi-millionaire.
I have however attended the Astronaut Training Experience at NASA, Florida (see ATX)

Travel into Space

29

   

Explore the Galapagos Islands

30

   

Visit a Rain Forest

31

   

Gallop a Horse along a Beach

32

 

I’ve been to the Pyramids, but did not actually ride a camel

Ride a Camel to the Pyramids

33

   

Take the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostock

34

 

Watch the Sunset over Uluru (Ayers Rock)

 

35

   

Go Wing-walking

36

   

Climb Mount Kilimanjaro

37

 

Fly over a Volcano – have done this in Hawaii

 

38

 

Drive a Husky Sled – have done this in Alaska

 

39

   

Take a Hike up a Glacier

40

 

Ride a Roller Coaster – Thunder Mountain Railway at Disney is my limit!!!!

 

41

   

Fish for Blue Marlin

42

   

Go Paragliding

43

   

Play Golf at Augusta, Georgia, USA

44

   

Watch Mountain Gorillas

45

   

See Tigers in the Wild

46

   

Do the Cresta Run

47

 

Visit Disney World, Florida

 

48

 

Gamble in Las Vegas (very small stakes - I lost the lot in a few minutes).

 

49

   

See Orang-utans in Borneo

50

   

Go on a Polar Bear Watching Trip in the Arctic

 

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© Andrew Grasemann