Irving Bennett




I'm doing 43 things
 

Irving Bennett's Life List

  1. 1. see the world
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    1,656 people
  2. 2. be creative
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    337 people
  3. 3. keep life simple.
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    20 people
  4. 4. keep an open mind
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    35 people
  5. 5. Eat more fiber
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    52 people
  6. 6. Climb Aconcagua
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    28 people
  7. 7. Climb Kilimanjaro
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    182 people
  8. 8. hike the Appalachian Trail
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    1,406 people
  9. 9. Build a kayak
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    33 people
  10. 10. Learn to weld
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    396 people
  11. 11. visit africa
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    581 people
  12. 12. Paddle the Futaleufu
    1 person
  13. 13. Paddle the General
    1 person
  14. 14. Swim to Taboga
    1 person
  15. 15. be financially independent
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    1,341 people
  16. 16. see the northern lights
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    14,418 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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    1,894 people
  21. 21. see the pyramids
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    781 people
  22. 22. design and build my own home
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    153 people
  23. 23. learn to surf
    6,059 people
  24. 24. run with the bulls in Pamplona
    277 people
  25. 25. learn to pick locks
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    1,390 people
  26. 26. ski spiral stairs
    1 entry
    1 person
  27. 27. Understand my wife
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    9 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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    4,282 people
  33. 33. visit Cuba
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    275 people
  34. 34. build a climbing wall
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    9 people
  35. 35. floss often
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    3 people
  36. 36. Sail around the world
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    799 people
  37. 37. pay off my credit card
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    1,288 people
  38. 38. Carve my own paddle
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    1 person
  39. 39. Sleep in a tree
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    54 people
  40. 40. Live a purpose driven life
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    2 people
  41. 41. Climb Chirripó
    1 person
  42. 42. Improve my off-hand kayak roll
    1 person
  43. 43. run the marathon des sables
    34 people
Recent entries
learn to make a great cup of coffee
Very Important! 1 year 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 1 year 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!


run the New York City marathon (read all 2 entries…)
NYC Marathon 1 year ago

Well, all systems go! Plane ticket paid, sleeping quarters taken care of, running shoes broken in… Just need to get those legs back in top shape. I will not brake any records, but is should be easy to set a personal record running in such cold weather. It shure beats Panama’s Try-To-Survive-90-degrees-plus-scorching-sun Marathon!

But I am getting lazy… I have not been over the 40 kilometers in a week mark for a while now. But I now hot to get to the finish line of a long race. I hope this last few weeks are enough to enjoy the run!


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