whtknt's Life List
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1. Visit the Smithsonian Institute
4 people -
2. Perform a stunt for a motion picture and have it appear in the finished print
1 person -
3. Sleep in an isolation tank
1 person -
4. Take a ride in a modern fighter jet
1 person -
5. Fly a World War I biplane
1 person -
6. Swim with dolphins (or orca)
1 person -
7. See the magma in the crater of an active volcano
1 person -
8. Visit the Great Wall of China
187 people -
9. Spend the night in the Winchester Mansion
1 person -
10. Go spelunking (not walking down a well-lit and well-travelled path)
1 person -
11. Forge my own sword the old fashioned way (in a smithy)
1 person -
12. Spend one week in a Buddhist monastery (living as the monks do)
1 person -
13. Visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. and read all 58,195 names
1 person -
14. Visit Hawai'i
615 people -
15. Complete a novel for NaNoWriMo
1 person -
16. Spend a week in the wilderness armed with only the basics necessary for survival
1 person -
17. Go whitewater rafting
259 people -
18. Learn and earn a high rank in a martial art
1 person -
19. Learn to SCUBA dive
2,564 people -
20. Firewalk
38 people -
21. Swim with sharks without a cage
1 person -
22. Learn the art of parkour
1 person -
23. Ride the "Vomit Comet"
2 people -
24. Meet Dr. Stephen Hawking in person
1 person -
25. Learn to read and speak German
2 people -
26. Get back to fighting trim (lose weight)
1 person -
27. Learn to speak and read Japanese
6 people -
28. Stand at the South Pole
1 person -
29. Stand at the North Pole
2 people -
30. Descend to the deepest depth possible of the Mariana Trench
1 person -
31. Write a novel that sells at least 100 copies
1 person -
32. Climb Olympus Mons on Mars
1 person -
33. Have my name on the byline of a role-playing supplement
1 person -
34. Quit my job and become a full-time writer
2 people -
35. Go hang-gliding
109 people -
36. Serve as a deckhand on an old-fashioned sailing ship
1 person -
37. Learn to fly
2,144 people -
38. Learn to skydive
62 people -
39. Take a walking tour around the 48 contiguous United States, visiting each state capitol
1 person -
40. Sleep comfortably for one night without the aid of my C-PAP
1 person -
41. Visit Antarctica for at least a week
1 person -
42. Scale Mt. Everest and stand at the summit
1 person
How I did it
How I did it: It began during my tour of duty with the Air Force in Edwards AFB, CA. My commander approached me one day and asked if I would like to participate in a squadron activity. He knew someone who had the equipment to go bungee jumping, and this individual offered a discount if we met a certain quota. I was the one who would give us the discount; how could I refuse?On the day of the event, we all carpooled out to the designated place, where a h… Read how I did it…
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