Irving Bennett




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Irving Bennett's Life List

  1. 1. see the world
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    1,961 people
  2. 2. be creative
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    381 people
  3. 3. keep life simple.
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    26 people
  4. 4. keep an open mind
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    40 people
  5. 5. Eat more fiber
    57 people
  6. 6. Climb Aconcagua
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    34 people
  7. 7. Climb Kilimanjaro
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    253 people
  8. 8. hike the Appalachian Trail
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    1,651 people
  9. 9. Build a kayak
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    35 people
  10. 10. Learn to weld
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    427 people
  11. 11. visit africa
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    737 people
  12. 12. Paddle the Futaleufu
    1 person
  13. 13. Paddle the General
    1 person
  14. 14. Swim to Taboga
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  15. 15. be financially independent
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    1,553 people
  16. 16. see the northern lights
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    16,927 people
  17. 17. bike baja
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    1 person
  18. 18. renew my cpr
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    3 people
  19. 19. stay at the icehotel in Sweeden
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    1 person
  20. 20. learn to fly
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    2,145 people
  21. 21. see the pyramids
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    947 people
  22. 22. design and build my own home
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    167 people
  23. 23. learn to surf
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    7,374 people
  24. 24. run with the bulls in Pamplona
    292 people
  25. 25. learn to pick locks
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    1,484 people
  26. 26. ski spiral stairs
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    1 person
  27. 27. Understand my wife
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    10 people
  28. 28. Enter a 24 hour race
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    1 person
  29. 29. Finish a 24 hour race
    2 people
  30. 30. kayak the grand canyon
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    7 people
  31. 31. become a chessmaster
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    1 person
  32. 32. backpack through Europe
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    4,967 people
  33. 33. visit Cuba
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    319 people
  34. 34. build a climbing wall
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    8 people
  35. 35. floss often
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    3 people
  36. 36. Sail around the world
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    885 people
  37. 37. handroll
    1 person
  38. 38. Climb Chirripó
    1 person
  39. 39. run the marathon des sables
    40 people
  40. 40. Sleep in a tree
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    62 people
  41. 41. Carve my own paddle
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    1 person
  42. 42. pay off my credit card
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    1,513 people
  43. 43. Do an Ironman.
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    37 people
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Do an Ironman.
Almost there 4 weeks ago

I will be at Cozumel doing the Ironman on November 29 of this year. That will complete the first part of this goal, which is getting there. I hope to finish. If not, the next goal will be to finish an Ironman.

I was fairly well advanced on my training, but suffered some setbacks. I hope there is enough left to complete the beast the first time around.



learn to make a great cup of coffee
Very Important! 2 years ago

Hey, coffee is one of the few legal drugs you can have daily. A couple of mugs get me going every day. And an espresso at lunch keeps the day rolling along just fine. The coffee press is probably one of the easiest ways to get a good cup of coffee every time, and it is very easy to measure how strong you want it.

If you go backpacking, the cowboy way of making coffee also makes a great cup of coffee. Just boil water, add plenty of coffee, wait a little bit, and pour the coffee over the edge of the pot. The grinds will stay at the bottom of the pot.



run the New York City marathon (read all 2 entries…)
It is done! 3:52:34 3 years ago

I did the New York Marathon in 3:52:34, improving my PR by more than half an hour. Compared to running the marathon in Panama, New York was easy. It made a big difference running in temperatures that were more than half of what I am used to running in. I was amazed at how little effort it took to run in such cool weather.

It was a phenomenal experience to run among 38,000 other runners. We were only 136 finishers in last year’s Panama Marathon! And there was barely anyone to cheer us while running. In NYC there were two million cheering spectators! There were people everywhere cheering the runners, offering tidbits of food, cookies, towel paper, bananas, plus all the volunteers at the water and feed stations. Just lining the streets there were as adults as there are in my country.

I definitely want to do this again, now looking for 2:30 so I can qualify for Boston!



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