Bucket List (a work in progress)
Yesterday was my monthly sabbatical day and I spent it taking stock of some of my life experiences thus far and putting down of paper some things I’d like to experience before I die. Let’s call it a bucket list. You’ll find the current list below. I’m certain I’ll be adding more to it as time goes on. As a point of reference, the many hiking items with (BP) after them refer to the BackPacker magazine edition in which I first discovered the particular hike. If you have any suggestions I should add, please pass them on. I’d also love to see your own list, if you have one. What a great tragedy to wake up at the end of life only to discover some of the finer moments have slipped through your grasp. The final bullet is empty so the list is never really complete. Enjoy:
Joe’s Bucket List
- Hike the Pacific Crest Trail
- Hike River to River Trail
- Hike Knobstone Trail
- Hike America Discovery Trail
- Bike across United States
- Run a mini-marathon
- Run a full marathon
- Hike Grand Canyon
- Raft Grand Canyon
- Visit Redwood forest
- Stand on highest point of every state in US
- Hike Florida Trail
- Compete in a triathlon
- Attend Winter Olympics
- Hike Wonderland Trail around Mt. Rainier
- Mountain bike in Utah
- Hike a slot canyon in Utah
- Hike Cathedral Canyon Gorge – Fredrickstown, MO (BP 5/09)
- Hike Katahdin and see view from the top, Knife’s Edge on the way down
- Visit Glacier National Park
- Visit Banff National Park
- Hike Bowen Lake Loop – Never Summer Wilderness, CO (BP 5/09)
- Ford Jacks River Trail – Cohutta Wilderness, GA (BP 5/09)
- Rock Scramble up Castle Peak, ID – (BP 5/09)
- Hike Rocky Mountain Grand Loop (BP 8/09)
- Hike to Spider Glacier, Glacier Peak Wilderness, WA (BP 8/09)
- Hike Paintbrush-Cascade Canyons Loop, Grand Tetons N.P. (BP 8/09)
- Hike Copper Canyon, Divisadero, Mexico
- Summit Snowmass Mountain, CO
- Hike John Muir Trail
- Visit every national park
- Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
- Go on African safari
- Sky Dive
- Bungee Jump
- Hike Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru, South America
- Hike across Corsica in the Mediterranean via GR 20 (BP 3/09)
- Hike New Zealand’s Milford Track (BP 3/09)
- Hike across England on Pennine Way (BP 3/09)
- Hike Pyrenees, France
- Hike Cape Wrath Trail, Scotland (BP 3/09)
- Hike Zillertal Alps, Austria (BP 3/09)
- Visit Sweden/Norway
- Hike Vermont’s Long Trail
- Go to Hawaii
- Go on a cruise
- Visit Alaska
- Visit Australia
- Visit Paris
- Go dog-sledding
- Raft the Gauley River, WV
- Apply for “Amazing Race”
- Visit every National Park
- Hike Mummy Range, Rocky Mountains, CO
- Ride entire Blue Ridge Parkway on a motorcycle
- Spend a week in the woods with only a knife, flint, and the clothes on my back
- Get Pilot’s license
- Canoe from Converse to New Orleans
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October 30th, 2009 at 7:01 am
Just invite me along for a couple of those.
October 31st, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Joe,
I just added Dog Sledding to my list a week or too ago. Don’t go without me!
As for getting your Pilots License, good luck. I got mine shortly before moving to OZ and it is still one of the more rewarding things I’ve accomplished.
November 7th, 2009 at 9:55 pm
I’m liking seeing the River To River Trail right up there near the top of your list. I just spent 2 days on the trail in some really beautiful dry fall weather. I imagine you are having the same this weekend. You can read about it on my new blog. I hope we get on a trail sometime together. Congrats on the new baby and summiting Ranier. John
November 14th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
You have Visit every national park on their twice! That’s a lot! I’ve done only a couple of those things. If you do the Gauley River make sure it’s in the spring. Also, I’ve been to Paris, and it’s nice, but it’s pretty much like the movies. I would suggest a visit to Lucerne, Switzerland instead. I’ve been there too, and it seems much more your style.
November 18th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Wow! What a list! I like the visiting the National Parks idea and doing the Grand Canyon.
Looks like Jean and I will be seeing a lot of Jake 
while you’re off hiking.
How old do you plan to live?
Whatever you miss before heaven you can do when Christ recreates the new earth.
Dream big!