I'm doing 25 things
Ryan's Life List
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1. Become a member of the Polar Bear Club
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2. Sea kayak from UCSB to down town Santa Barbara
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3. Live in a house that I own
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4. Visit the Galapagos Islands
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5. SCUBA in the Galapagos Islands
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6. Watch a space shuttle launch
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7. invent something
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8. Get a Masters Degree in Geography
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9. Visit all 50 states
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10. visit all 7 continents
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11. save a life
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12. Participate in a triathlon
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13. Visit New Zealand
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14. Drive to Tierra del Fuego
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15. Become a member of the Polar Plunge club
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16. get CPR certified
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17. get First Responder certified
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18. get Wilderness First Responder certified
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19. get EMT certified
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20. swim in all 5 oceans
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21. learn to SCUBA dive
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22. Learn sign language
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23. learn to sail
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24. hike the entire Pacific Crest trail
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25. change the engine of a car
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How I did it: See: http://www.43things.com/how_i_did_it/view/36871/how-to-go-to-antarctica...On the last day before heading back into the Drake Passage we dropped anchor along a small island to allow a few hearty fools, I mean, souls to take a swim and become members of the Antarctic Polar Plunge Club. I had already become a member of the Polar Bear Club in Prudhoe Bay Alaska a few years back and wasn’t about to let this opportunity slip by. They simpl… Read how I did it…
How I did it: Antarctica: The end of the world. One of the most remote locations on the planet and virtually untouched by human hands. If you had told me in November of 2006 that I would be swimming in Antarctica less then a month and a half later, I would have laughed at you and called you crazy. Then I got THE EMAIL. It read simply "You know, I’ve always wanted to go to Antarctica too…" and thus it began. A few weeks of frenzied packing, a couple of … Read how I did it…
How I did it: I drove from California, up to Fairbanks AK. I then followed the unpaved Dalton highway (formerly the Haul Road) north, paralleling the oil pipeline for 500 miles till I reached Deadhorse Alaska. The workers there thought is was really odd to see a Honda Civic with California plates way up there. I took a tour of the oil fields in a yellow school bus. The driver pulled up to the ocean, stopped the bus, pulled out a box of towels and asked… Read how I did it…
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