As a fire fighter in a large urban centre, we had to learn rapelling. It’s great fun rapelling from a bridge 140 ft. above a river. It’s neat to tie yourself off half way down, trust your knots and belayer and let go and just hang for a few minutes. Definitely a blast.
estaebler's Life List
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1. skydive
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2. convince more people tatoos are dumb
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3. get pilot's license
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4. fly in a helicopter
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5. learn French
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6. Eskimo roll a kayak
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7. Bungie jump
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8. eat a lobster I speared
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9. snorkel to over 50 feet
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10. do a voice over
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11. be paid for doing a radio show
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12. sing or play on a CD
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13. See Hawaii
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14. build a shed/cabin
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15. sail to, or in the Bahamas
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16. go hang gliding
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How I did it: I went on a mission trip with a few others from my church. We met up with a Christian pastor who lives Egypt (Assuit) and spoke in several christian churches while there for 10 days. We got to see the pyramids, the Cairo museum and then the valley of the Kings in Luxor. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Lessons are good from the standpoint of learning the proper knots and getting comfortable while on belay and on harness. From there, it's just a matter of doing it. You've got to build muscles you may or may not have used before. You'll learn different techniques as you go along, it's not complicated. Building up finger, hand and fore arm strength is crucial and will help you be a better climber able to tackle more challenging faces… Read how I did it…
I have done a couple of these, but now that I’m on the radio regularly with my own show and more comfortable in front of the mic. I’d like to do more.
I’ve seen them many nights both from my Muskoka cottage and my own home in central, rural Ontario. From our latitude, they are rarely coloured, but on occassion I’ve seen red and green. Usually visible when the night air is cool around late August and perhaps aabout 10 PM on and of course, looking toward the north. Mostly they appear blueish and shimmer and move quite fast.
