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Yo, so you guys all do some crazy stuff, or what's considered by many to be crazy anyway, and also one of the things a lot of people say they would like to do before they die.

So, I just figured it'd be interesting to know:

What's the one thing you'd most like to do before you die? Or more than one thing, I'm not picky. This can also include the one person you'd like to do before you die .

I'd like to sail around the world. But I'm a girl, so apparently I'm bad luck to boats.

Learn to hang glide, paraglide, play guitar on stage in front of a ton of people, save someone's life, surgically help someone, Jessica Alba, get paid to base jump, jump kjerag, KL Tour, learn to fly wingsuits, MD/PhD, hmm.... I'm sure there are a lot more.

Break the record, film it.
Build a Submarine.
Avril Lavigne.

that's about it.

better question, what has anyone crossed off their list of things to do before they die?


Sister, You can use Argonauta after we are done with her. Argo is allowed to have girls aboard. sometimes.

the list, the real list is long and involved and always changes. the aforementioned items are what will never change until they are chalked up.


Damian Doucette, Wingsuiting Montana 2004: "The list is long..."

Hopefully I will get to do one one that has been on my List for a long time - heading to Cape Town in a few weeks, so want to go cage diving with Great Whites. Also want to do some diving without the cage and with some good sized sharks, but preferably NOT great whites!

And to keep the momentum from the other posts going.....

Kyle Minogue is also on the list of things to do.

My sister just named her first child Avrill. You, sir, will keep your distance!

By the way, any new progress on the breaking of the record?

 Teach my Niece (due in 17 days) and Nephew (3.5) to snowboard, ski, skydive and medal in the X games.
Average 40+ days of snow sports e season.
Go to space.
Visit every continent.
Out live my parents.

I'll nibble...

hangglide, frasca rope jump, wingsuit base, annibal (we could go sail my boat, smirk)

Another interesting question might be "how many of the things that were once on your list have you done?"

When I was 25, I made a list of 10 things to do before I died. One of them was "BASE jump off El Cap."

About three years later, I realized I had finished the list. So, I made another one. This one had "get married and raise a family" on it. Haven't finished that one yet.

Jump a shark on a surfboard.






Oh, and Ghetto's sister.

Awesome thread!

He made a point of stating "Lavigne".

Although 20 years from now when Calvin is 44 and your niece is 20...

and Calvin stop sabotaging my interview with you by spilling the beans early.

It will go up again someday. I need about 2k USD to replace the spanlines and flyers. all my funds are going to bigger and better things right now.

 
girls on boats...
Check out Madien Voyage by Tanya Abbie

Lee

frasca rope jump, tyrolean rope jump, learn more about rope rigging, every continent, go to space and build a submarine are all on my list too, i should start writing them down so I can start crossing them off.

http://www.wasatch100.com/

Climb/Jump El Cap and Half Dome in a day.

As long as we're all dreaming, I would like to add this to my jump list.

Build my own wingsuit, do blow off a porn stars ass at any exit point then jump, drive a monster truck down the highway, break the world record for longest fart, become a millionaire selling weed in canada, jump a old Cadillac convertible with bull horns of a cliff while dressed as Boss hog with one of those offset stunt jump ramps to do barrell rolls then jump out with a bottle of moonshine and do a dirty low pull, go to the moon, own an island, shoot a rpg at a crappy old car, and eat peyote in the desert with some indians,.....the list goes on

i want to design a jump to conclusions mat and patent it and make a shit-ton of money.

i mean, look at the guy who invented the pet rock. he made A MILLION dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!

You weren't dreaming. You were hoping. Now go back to your hole

Discover the secret to eternal life.

There is a rumor going around that the christians beat ya to that one.

I like this one!

Count me in!

I knew i was going to live forever when I turned 18.

Written on the Hang Glider I built as my senior aerodynamics project, High school, was a note "18 forever" she flew great.

learn to play the guitar (working on this)
become fluent in a foreign language
write a book
own a Ferrari
patent an invention and make money from it (working on this)
earn a Ph.D. (done this)
climb the overhanging route of the rock gym wall from one side to another
make a million dollars (see invention above)
have a family
jump the train (done this)
do Jennifer from the pool hall ( a work in progress currently)
win a pool tournament (about to complete this)

- see my daughter grow up

- Paint a self-portrait
- Build a house
- I don't know; nothing.

let go

Calvin19, you referring to the Fight Club lines?

If so I disagree and vote for more of them, good shit!

Someday I would like to go completely off the radar. No job, no responsabilities, no plan. Just start moving one day and see what happens and where my feet take me.

Hitting bottom is not a weekend retreat. It's not a seminar.

Where YOU are, you can't even imagine what the bottom will be like

....understand how savant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant_syndrome brain's are working.

seeing humans breaking einsteins law of relativity, similar in which modality.

and the usually shit, like finding a woman that love also the evil in me, have 1 till 9 kid's.....
building a 600ft bridge into my garden.

yada yada

same here..... and i wouldn't mind a quick visit to egypt so i can see the pyramids.

 i would also like to jump with base75

Wingsuit off a highline.
Enjoy every second of what I've got.