Try everything once, except incest and morris dancing” – Sir Thomas Beecham

1. Go to an airport and board the first plane that’s leaving
2. Own a battered (red) pick up truck
3. Be on TV ✓ (Nicaragua 2017)
4. Tubing ✓ (Palomino June 2018)
5. Sleep in hammock ✓(Norfolk, Casa en el Agua, Punta Gallinas)
6. Camp in a sea cave
7. Climb Kilimanjaro
8. Climb Aconcagua
9. Work on a ranch
10. Ayahuasca ✓ (August 2018, Iquitos)
11. Amazon River✓(Aug 2018)
12. Multi-day hike ✓ (Lost City June 2018, Quilotoa July 2018; Colca Canyon July 2018; Salkontay Aug 2018; Norway Aug 2019; Lebanon Sep 2019; Mallorca 2021)
13. Hike carrying own stuff (Salkontay Aug 2018; Norway Aug 2019; Lebanon Sep 2019; Mallorca Aug 2021)
14. Multi-day bike trip
15. Herd Cattle ✓ (July 2010)
16. Hot air balloon ✓ (Egypt 2010)
17. Sky diving ✓ (Jurien Bay, 2016)
18. Write a book
19. Road trip USA
20. Mongol Rally
21. Road Trip Australia ✓ (2016 in Toastie)
22. Hike length of NZ
23. TEFL
24. Paragliding ✓ (Aug 2018, Lima)
25. Water Skiing/Wakeboarding
26. Jetskiing ✓ (Sep 2016, Bali)
27. Ski season/rent chalet
28. Ride a motorbike ✓ (All through SE Asia, Minca, )
29. Own a VW camper/Go on a camping trip in one ✓ (WUU – Granny’s van)
30. Visit all countries in S. America (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru)
31. Learn to Dive ✓ (2016, Koh Tao, Bali Gili Islands)
32. Be fluent in Spanish (ie be able to play mafia in Spanish!)
33. Live in France and become fluent in French
34. Write a song (I’m actually pleased with)
35. Hike some of the PCT
36. Run a half-marathon
37. Go to Iceland ✓ (Feb 2019)
38. Go to Antarctica
39. Sleep under the stars/bivvy bag ✓ (Night of 13th birthday on the roof, Oct 2012 around the bonfire)
40. Get abs!
41. Drive a tuk tuk ✓ (Aug 2018, Iquitos)
42. Dive the GBR ✓ (2016)
43. Own a car ✓ (Toastie, Ox)
44. Paraglide license
45. Fly a plane
46. Visit Macchu Picchu ✓ (Aug 2018)
47. Busk ✓ (w Billie, 2012)
48. Swim with dolphins (done whale sharks, reef sharks, sea lions, turtles, hammerheads, whale, Galapagos shark, rays)
49. Galapagos Islands ✓ (July 2018)
50. Glowing plankton ✓ (Birthday 2018)
51. 6000m plus mountain ✓(Chachani, Aug 2018) (Cotopaxi, July 2018 – 5897m…)
52. Learn to salsa ✓ (London and Cartagena)
53. Learn self-defence (couple lessons in Durham)
54. Powerboat licence
55. Do a masters ✓
56. Edinburgh Fringe ✓  (Aug 2019)
57. Go to each of the four tennis grand slams (Australian Open, 2016, Wimbledon 2011)
58. Start a successful blog
59. Get an article published ✓ (Multiple – see ‘About’ Page)
60. Do something newsworthy ✓ (I can’t remember what this is)
61. Start my own business/hostel/bar/cafe
62. Stay in an overwater bungalow in the Maldives (or somewhere similar) – stilt hut ✓ (June 2018, Colombia)
63. Go to the Full Moon Party in Thailand ✓ (2015)
64. Helicopter over Corcovado ✓ (2000)
65. Swim with whale sharks ✓ (2016)
66. Oktoberfest
67. Yellowstone National Park
68. Ziplining✓ (Costa Rica Feb 2015, Baños Ecuador July 2018)
69. Quad Biking ✓ (July 2018, Baños)
70. Canyoning ✓ (July 2018, Mindo)
71. Own a convertible car
72. Go to festival (Hop Farm, Aug 2012)
73. White water rafting ✓ (Costa Rica, 2011)
74. Be in a band
75. Learn to surf ✓ (Kuta, Perth – 2016)
76. Go husky sledding
77. Cliff jumping ✓ (Perth, 2015, Hong Kong 2017)
78. Parasailing ✓ (Bali 2016)
79. Banana boating ✓ (Bali 2016)
80. Attend a rodeo
81. Go to an AFL game/a football game ✓ (Nov 2018)
82. Climb a volcano ✓ ✓ (Bali 2015, Nica 2017)
83. Milk a cow ✓(Nica, 2018)
84. Hot springs ✓ (Costa Rica 2011)
85. Climb a mountain ✓ (several – Snowdon, Ben McDui, Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike, Tryffan, Hong Kong – Violet Peak,  Twins, Cotopaxi, Coniston Old Man, Pichincha, Mount Bruce, Bluff Knoll, Mandango, Rumiñahui, Montserrate, Lion Rock, Chachani, Iceland Mountain, Qurnat al Sawda)
86. Release baby turtles into the ocean
87. Sleep in a yurt
88. Sleep in an igloo
89. See the northern lights ✓ (Feb 2019 – sort of)
90. Taj Mahal
91. Patagonia!
92. Great Wall of China
93. Grand Canyon
94. Go on safari
95. Himalayas/Nepal
96. Sunrise over Bagan
97. Coast to Coast
98. Sail around the Greek islands
99. Make a music video
100. Travel alone ✓
101. Go to a casino ✓ (Aug 2018, Iquitos)
102. Karaoke ✓(w Rob and Julian in the middle of the Australian Outback…)
103. Open mic ✓  (w Adam and Pedro, and Toby and Bethan, 2013 and 2014)

Every man dies – Not every man really lives.” – William Ross