
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. ~ Jawaharial Nehru
There are two ways to look at bucket lists. The first is to create a list you hope to complete before the end of your life and keep checking off items as you go along. The other way is the way I choose to do it, which has been to create an original list and then periodically update it by taking off things I’ve accomplished and adding in new items. Doing it this way you have to be good with knowing you’ll never complete the list. But I like this approach because it keeps me searching for new cool things to experience. When I do my updates, as well as pulling off of things I’ve already done, I also pull off things that I no longer have an interest in doing. For example, in this update I pulled off seeing Rainbow Mountain in Peru. I pulled it because I’ve learned a few things since I put it on the list. First, it’s not quite as spectacular in reality as it is in post produced photos I’ve seen. Secondly, I’ve come to learn there are a lot of similar mountains all over the world.
This exercise is one I really like doing, it both allows me to reminisce about the things I’ve done and go looking for new ideas.
Over the years I’ve been fortunate to do a lot. I’ve hiked in the high passes of the Himalayas, across Scotland, done a thousand miles on the Appalachian Trail. I’ve traveled to some amazing places, Petra, China, Tibet, Marrakesh, Oaxaca and Burning Man. I’ve written three books, Appalachian Trail Happiness, Otherness and Athena’s Addict. I’ve had some incredible experiences in nature, seeing a Jaguar in Brazil, photographing polar bears in Canada and most recently hugging a whale in Baja.
I’m an intensely curious person and there is so much more I want to do. I think as long as you are searching, learning, growing and finding new adventures, you never truly grow old, no matter how many years you’ve lived. ~ Rev Kane
- See the Great Pyramid at Giza
- Travel to outer space
- Complete the Appalachian Trail
- Hike at least 500 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail
- Go Zorbing
- Hike in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco
- Hike the Overland Track in Australia
- Hike 500km on the Te Araroa trail in New Zealand
- Hike to Machu Pichu
- Hike in Patagonia
- Do a walking tour in Kenya
- Hike at least 500 miles on the Trans-Canada Trail
- Bicycle across the United States
- See Stonehenge
- Walk on the Glaciers of Greenland
- Go to Iceland
- See Mount McKinley
- travel in a submarine
- Kayak the coast of California
- Kayak the Zambezi River
- See mountain Gorillas in the wild
- See an elephant in the wild
- See a lion in the wild
- See a hippo in the wild
- See a right whale in the wild
- See a grizzly bear in the wild
- See a tiger in the wild
- See a snow leopard
- Go on a bigfoot expedition
- Photograph the great migration
- Swim in the Devil’s Pool at Victoria Falls
- See Iguazu Falls in Brazil
- Do a cage dive with Great White Sharks
- See a Rhino in the wild
- Go to Thai Elephant Sanctuary
- Learn to wild forage
- Hike the Muir Trail
- Hike Rim to Rim at the Grand Canyon
- Photograph the Wave in Arizona
- Go to Tonga
- Go to Tuvalu
- Go to the Cook Islands
- Visit Cappadocia, Turkey
- Go to Up Helly Aa
- Go to Angkor Wat
- Go to the Great Barrier Reef
- Visit Australia
- Go to Antarctica
- Visit the Galapagos Islands
- Visit Vietnam
- Go to Carnival in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
- Surf a sand dune in Fortaleza, Brazil
- Visit Italy
- See the Taj Mahal
- Backpack in India
- Backpack in Thailand
- Go to Bangkok
- Visit Alcatraz
- Visit Norway
- Attend Diwali in India
- Run with the Bulls in Spain
- Visit Cuba
- Take a hot air balloon ride
- Skydive
- Do Peyote
- Do Ayahuasca
- Search for a buried treasure
- Do a century bicycle ride
- Pan for gold
- Go to Timbuktu
- Go to the Louvre Museum
- Go to the Van Gogh Museum
- Climb Kilimanjaro
- On the same day, sunrise from Mt. Whitney, sunrise from Death Valley
- Go to Glacier National Park
- Stay in an underwater hotel
- Swim in a Great Lake
- Learn how to surf
- Take a long distance train trip
- Visit the John Day Fossil Beds
- See an Orca in the wild
- Meet a penguin
- Photograph Antelope Canyon in Arizona
- Run a 5K
- Visit Bhutan
- Photograph the race track in Death Valley
- Go Parasailing
- Learn how to play the saxophone
- Learn Akido
- Publish a book of fiction
- Catch a stage of the Tour De France live
- Swim in Jellyfish Lake – Palau
- Attend the Triple Crown
- Too personal to post
- Hike to Kuang Si Falls in Laos
- Take a boat from Manaus to Fortaleza, Brazil on the Amazon
- Vagabond for at least 3 months
- Create an art prank like fairy houses
- Find a meteorite
- Swim in Iceland’s Blue Lagoon