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

1.  See the Great Pyramid at Giza
2.  Travel to outer space
3.  Complete the Appalachian Trail
4.  Hike at least 500 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail
5.  Go Zorbing
6.  Hike in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco
7.  Hike the Overland Track in Australia
8.  Hike 500km on the Te Araroa trail in New Zealand
9.  Hike to Machu Pichu
10.  Hike in Patagonia
11.  Do a walking tour in Kenya
12.  Hike at least 500 miles on the Trans-Canada Trail
13.  Bicycle across the United States
14.  See Stonehenge
15.  Walk on the Glaciers of Greenland
16.  Go to Iceland
17.  See Mount McKinley
18.  travel in a submarine
19.  Kayak the coast of California
20.  Kayak the Zambezi River
21.  See mountain Gorillas in the wild
22.  See an elephant in the wild
23.  See a lion in the wild
24.  See a hippo in the wild
25.  See a right whale in the wild
26.  See a grizzly bear in the wild
27.  See a tiger in the wild
28.  See a snow leopard
29.  Go on a bigfoot expedition
30.  Photograph the great migration
31.  Swim in the Devil’s Pool at Victoria Falls
32.  See Iguazu Falls in Brazil
33.  Do a cage dive with Great White Sharks
34.  See a Rhino in the wild
35.  Go to Thai Elephant Sanctuary
36.  Learn to wild forage
37.  Hike the Muir Trail
38.  Hike Rim to Rim at the Grand Canyon
39.  Photograph the Wave in Arizona
40.  Go to Tonga
41.  Go to Tuvalu
42.  Go to the Cook Islands
43.  Visit Cappadocia, Turkey
44.  Go to Up Helly Aa
45.  Go to Angkor Wat
46.  Go to the Great Barrier Reef
47.  Visit Australia
48.  Go to Antarctica
49.  Visit the Galapagos Islands
50.  Visit Vietnam
51.  Go to Carnival in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
52.  Surf a sand dune in Fortaleza, Brazil
53.  Visit Italy
54.  See the Taj Mahal
55.  Backpack in India
56.  Backpack in Thailand
57.  Go to Bangkok
58.  Visit Alcatraz
59.  Visit Norway
60.  Attend Diwali in India
61.  Run with the Bulls in Spain
62.  Visit Cuba
63.  Take a hot air balloon ride
64.  Skydive
65.  Do Peyote
66.  Do Ayahuasca
67.  Search for a buried treasure
68.  Do a century bicycle ride
69.  Pan for gold
70.  Go to Timbuktu
71.  Go to the Louvre Museum
72.  Go to the Van Gogh Museum
73.  Climb Kilimanjaro
74.  On the same day, sunrise from Mt. Whitney, sunrise from Death Valley
75.  Go to Glacier National Park
76.  Stay in an underwater hotel
77.  Swim in a Great Lake
78.  Learn how to surf
79.  Take a long distance train trip
80.  Visit the John Day Fossil Beds
81.  See an Orca in the wild
82.  Meet a penguin
83.  Photograph Antelope Canyon in Arizona
84.  Run a 5K
85.  Visit Bhutan
86.  Photograph the race track in Death Valley
87.  Go Parasailing
88.  Learn how to play the saxophone
89.  Learn Akido
90.  Publish a book of fiction
91.  Catch a stage of the Tour De France live
92.  Swim in Jellyfish Lake – Palau
93.  Attend the Triple Crown
94.  Too personal to post
95.  Hike to Kuang Si Falls in Laos
96.  Take a boat from Manaus to Fortaleza, Brazil on the Amazon
97.  Vagabond for at least 3 months
98.  Create an art prank like fairy houses
99. Find a meteorite
100. Swim in Iceland’s Blue Lagoon