I'm doing 37 things
After 2 cancellations due to weather my wife and I jumped out of a perfectly good airplane from 13,500 with a 60 second free fall to 5000 feet. Now I am ready to do it again. I need some practice since I botched the landing the first time.
69miracles's Life List
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1. ski Whistler
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2. Get my CCNA
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3. Go to Aruba
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4. Ride Ragbrai
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5. Buy a camper
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6. pay off my house
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7. go to a drive in movie
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8. Visit Rio de Janeiro
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9. bench press 100 pounds over my body weight
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10. see Roger Waters in concert
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11. Swim with dolphins
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12. go to costa rica
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13. see a volcano
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14. Go on a safari
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15. Go to the Iowa Speedway
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16. get laser eye surgery
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17. Go to a Hawkeye bowl game
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18. go to a Miller Park game
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19. run a half marathon
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20. ride in a hot air balloon
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21. learn to brew my own stout beer
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22. hike up a mountain.
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23. Hit a hole in one
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24. go to the consumer electronics show
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25. be a network engineer
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26. Meet Leo Laporte.
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27. visit the southern hemisphere
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28. Get Alcon arcade game
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29. Travel to all 50 States
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30. go to the Olympics
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31. have another child
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32. Bike every road in Allamakee County
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33. Perfect homemade Gino's East pizza
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34. make my own beer
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35. Learn to make perfect BBQ ribs
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36. read all of James Patterson's books
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37. travel to cuba
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: I hooked up with a bike touring company that dropped me off at the top of the mountain. It was 20 degrees at the top and I rode through some ice which could have been disastrous around some of the hairpin corners. By the time I reached the bottom it was 70 degrees. From coat and gloves to t-shirt and shorts. The only bad thing was that it wasn't very challenging, in fact I'm pretty sure I didn't peddle once for the… Read how I did it…
Recent entries
For some reason I thought I had to keep pace with the front of the pack for the first half of the race, then my legs turned to gelatine and although I didn’t have to resort to walking, my speed was slowed significantly the end of the race. I ended up with a 24:00 time, which was 2 minutes faster than I did in practice. The next time I run it I will need to pace myself better to finish harder.
