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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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You hafta admit that he gave you a lot of options though.
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slevin
Trad climber
New York, NY
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1) Lotus Flower Tower yeah, I wanna do that one too. Also wanna haul my ass up Astroman and repeat the North Face of the Rostrum, this time with the Alien finish.
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andy@climbingmoab
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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i'll give you a holler next time i pull a grand canyon permit todd.
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L
climber
Hangin' by a thread and lookin' for my wings
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1. Jump out of a tree with paper wings -- check
2. Jump off a roof with cardboard wings -- check
3. Jump off the top of a 40 ft. Redwood in a ropes course -- check
4. Jump out of an airplane with a parachute on -- check
5. Hang glide off the top of a mountain -- check
Only one more flight-specific goal to attain...but that'll have to wait for a while (maybe ;-)). Now I've got to concentrate on my climbing list...
1. Clyde Mineret (very likely this summer)
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Acer
Big Wall climber
AZ
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Todd,
Looks like you might have to live to be 100 to get to the end of the list:)
My advice, don't add to the list like I do. I am right behind ya.
Looks like you can double up on a bunch of those.
Do it with the kids. That is the best. I am on that path. F'in awesome.
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Mittens
climber
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The Kauk Fest Triple Trifecta:
All in a 3 days-
Thriller, Midnight Lightning, King Cobra,
Rostrum, Astroman, Freestone,
Separate Reality, Tales of Power, Wicked Gravity.
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zeta
Trad climber
Berkeley
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love reading these...i have a ridiculously long list of things i want to do but will throw out a few:
-finish my dissertation (first on the list only b/c I'm living it everyday)
-go heli skiing in the Canadian rockies
-travel to Mongolia; spend more time in the Himalayas; travel to the Middle East
-live in New Zealand
-climb more peaks on the east side
-climb in the Wind Rivers
-someday have kids with someone awesome
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WBraun
climber
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The original poster has a nihilistic speculation of life and death.
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Anastasia
Mountain climber
hanging from a crimp and crying for my mama.
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I want to fully live right now.
Oh, and get some more ice cream please.
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paganmonkeyboy
climber
mars...it's near nevada...
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...and a pony. i want a pony...
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bluNgoldhornet6
Big Wall climber
Tampa, Fl
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 9, 2010 - 10:39pm PT
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To the wise Mr. Braun,
"nihilistic speculation of life and death"
Please clarify.
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jfailing
Trad climber
A trailer park in the Sierras
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Mittens - you're close... your dreams may come true soon enough... I will belay you.
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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I'm just gonna ride on the coat-tails of Todd's list . . . pretty good list really . . .
Raft down the entire Grand Canyon -- ditto I want to do this bad.
Climb the high points of all the states (Except Alaska) -- Actually I want to do Denali and paraglide off the summit.
Ride my bicycle from Anchorage to Seattle.
Climb Lotus Flower Tower, Yukon Territories -- beautiful climb and I love the name. I would like to do it also.
Climb the Mexican Volcanoes -- I've done Popo solo before it erupted. I would like to go back down and do Orizaba and paraglide off the summit.
Bike from San Diego to Cabo San Lucus
Have another child. (Did I say doubles?).... accomplished, May 13, 2006 (Von and Lake Gordon) -- 2 is it for me. The perfect nuclear family. Very happy.
Climb the Totem Pole in Tasmania
Climb the 3 Scottish Sea Stacks (Am Buchaille, Old Man of Hoy, Old Man of Stoer)
Climb a peak in Nepal
Visit India
Climb the Cottontail Formation (Fisher Towers)
Climb Liberty Bell (Washington Pass, Wa. )
Climb Squamish Chief (Split Pillar)
Climb the Nose (El Cap) -- Yes, I want to do it. and also the Reg NW face route on Half Dome
Finish Continential Divide Mountain Bike Trail ( Canada to Mexico.....already done most of Montana section)
Hike Appalatian Trail
Write a book -- Working on it and a related project as we speak.
Do a route in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Climb The Diamond on Longs Peak, Colorado
Climb Charlotte's Dome -- did the classic route with a good professor friend. Great route.
Climb Third Pillar of Dana -- 3 pitches up and came down due to weather and lightning. Would like to finish it.
Climb Mt. Whitney -- done the classic East Face route. Would like to do the East Buttress. Keeler Needle would be Killer!
Bike to the top of White Mountain (Bishop Area)-- hiked it. Would be fun to bike it. Saw many of them huffing and puffing on bikes.
Visit Yucatan -- honey-mooned in Cozumel and dove Palancar reef with the wife, visited Chichen Itza and cenote dove in the Yucatan. Would love to do it again with our kids.
Climb in Jordan -- I would love to travel and climb throughout the Holy Land. That would be incredibly special.
See the Great Wall of China -- ok, so who is gonna be the first to do the first continious free traverse ascent of the Great Wall? Now there's a project :-0
Climb something in Patagonia -- yes would love to do.
Bike across England (W to E)
Bicycle across Australia
Climb a route on Cannon Cliff, N. H.
Climb Steck/Salathe on Sentinental (Yosemite)
Climb Grand Trono Blanca, Baja Calif. -- I need to do long routes on the El Gran Trono Blanco also. No excuse. It isn't that far from San Diego.
Climb a route in Fringe of Death Canyon, Tetons.
Visit Enchanted Rocks, Austin, Texas
Climb in the Dolomite, Italy -- I have climbed in the Italian Alps near Aosta. Seriously scared myself soloing an ice route.
Climb in Thailand -- would be really fun to do.
Parachute out of a plane -- did 21 jumps, then got into paragliding. I would like to do some safe BASE jumps and get my BASE patch. Is that even possible?
Visit the Caymen Islands -- would love to SCUBA dive and snorkel there.
Retire from teaching at age 55 -- retirement is so far off, I get depressed thinking about it.
Own a house with a swimming pool -- how about a house with a child's pool in the backyard. Does that count?
Help build my own house -- one project in Bishop has been enough for me. Next time hire Cragman :-)) Although I'm sure I couldn't afford him. ;-))
Climb Elephant's Perch, Idaho
Kayak the Calif Coast (or sections of it)
Climb all Calif 14,000' peaks (13 of them)-- would love to finish this. I've done 5 of them.
Climb Rainbow Wall, Las Vegas
Hike all Calif County Summits
Climb Mt. Kenya
Climb Killamanjaro -- would love to do this and of course paraglide off the summit. You probably sense a paragliding theme.
Climb in So Africa -- yes, as well as paraglide at Table Mountain.
Climb at Mt. Charleston, Nev. -- would like to do a classic long limestone multi pitch route there on all natural features, no maufacturing.
Climb at the Monestary at State Line Ca./Nev.
Do Space Shot , Zion, Utah
Bike the Kokopeli Trail , Utah/Colorado
Bike Ouray to Durango Colorago
Visit Tahati/ Bora Bora
Climb in the Calanques -- would be a wonderful vacation European vacation.
Own a jacuzzi -- yes, but using someone else's has been working pretty good so far.
Have no house payment -- working on it.
Live for 1 month in New York City -- no thanks.
Visit Hoga Mountains, Sahara
See Pyramids of Egypt -- yes, I would love to do this and dive the Red Sea. Searching for meteorites in the massive Sahara Desert would be a blast to do also.
Visit Morocco -- Yes would be very interesting.
Visit Mountains of the Moon, Uganda
Visit Graceland
Bike Trail in North Dakota (Maah Daah Hey Trail 96 miles)
Visit Costa Rica -- been there. Beautiful country. Next time I would like to go diving there and paragliding might be pretty good.
Climb in Rio De Janero -- yes, and paragliding and then land on the famous beaches. Uh, oh. Danger. Warning. Beautiful women. Kryptonite.
Visit Belize -- would love to dive the famous Blue Holes.
Visit Cuba -- yes, and climb, dive and paraglide there, before it gets westernized and changes too much more. I would like to see it now if I could.
Climb Shoeshone Peak, Blogett Canyon, Montana
Climb the N. Face of San Jacinto, Calif. -- I want to ski the North Face, Snow Creek.
Climb the Petite Crepon, Rocky Mountain Nat. Park
Dinosaur Rock, Colorado
Turkey Monster, Oregon
Mt. Conness
Visit Gritstone/Peak Dist., England
Visit Angkor Wat
Ascend Mt. Fuji, Japan
Climb in Norway
Visit Disneyworld -- I wouldn't mind doing a couple of free routes on the Matternhorn in Anaheim. That would be really cool.
Climb in Mallorca, Spain
Climb in Sardinia
Climb in Greece -- yes, visit all the ruins, and paraglide there.
Visit Iceland
Climb Mt. Blanc, France -- did Mt. Blanc on the 200 year Ann. of Bastille Day. Would like to climb Mt. Blanc again and paraglide from the summit.
Climb the Matterhorn, Switz. -- almost did but I got sick in Zermatt. Would like to do the classic Whimper route, the Hornli Route.
Visit Berlin, Germany
Climb in Pembroke, England
Visit the Galapagos Islands -- I would like to see the sights as Charles Darwin did, and dive there also.
Visit Mongolia on a bicycle
Climb in Portrero Chico, Mexico
Sail to Greek Islands
Ice Climb on Ben Nevis, Scotland
Visit Nambia Desert, Africa
Visit Canary Islands
Bike Arizona Trail across Arizona
Climb in Ibex, Utah
Moonlight Buttress, Zion
Angel's Landing, Prodigal Son, Zion, Utah
Rent a houseboat for 1 week on Lake Powell
Climb in Humbugs, Montana
Travel by boat on the Amazon River, So. America -- would love to do this with my family.
Travel by boat on the Nile River -- would be a must do when also visiting the pyramids.
Hike the Inca Trail, Peru
Hike the Milford Trek, New Zealand
Climb in the Sainai Penninsul, Egypt -- would be incredible
Climb Texas Tower, Utah
Learn to Snowboard -- if you can skateboard and ski you can snowboard. Not so hard to do. Falling is worse than skiing though.
Fly in a glider -- done that. Very fun. But what I really want to do is fly X-country in my paraglider over 100 miles in one continious flight.
Own a quad
Own a TeePee
Build/buy a Navajo Hogan and have it at my property
Have a guest House
Climb Romantic Warrior (aid) , Needles, Sequoia
Take a multiday boat ride on the Mississippi River
Visit the Serengeti Plain, Africa -- Would like to combine this with climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Climb at Hell's Gate, Kenya
Climb in Bolivia
Visit Angel Falls, Venezuela -- I would like to paraglide there.
Climb in Greenland
Climb in Spain -- climbed in the Pyrenees and sport climbed some at Montserrat
Visit Hong Kong
Climb 5000 different climbs in Joshua Tree -- I'll never be close to that.
Do 1000 first ascents -- well under 40 only and only small crags.
Climb The Incrediable Hulk, Sierras
Climb in the Adarondaks, New York
Climb Whitesides, North Carolina
Live to be 100 years old -- would be good to do. And have an active and thoughful brain still. Oh, I can just anticipate the flack for saying that.
Have Grandchildren -- would be wonderful.
Climb Fishhook Arete, Mt. Russel -- yes, I would love to do it.
Climb Zorastor, Grand Canyon
Climb at Devil's Lake, Wisconsin
See a mountain lion in the wild
Learn to speak Spanish -- solamente un pocito.
Go up in a hot air balloon -- first time did it and then jumped out of it with a bungee cord head first. Got it on video. Very fun.
Ride in a helicopter -- not my favorite thing to do. Did several flights in the Army. I trust fixed wings much more. With that many moving parts and forces, something is bound to give.
Buy an electric guitar
Have a greenhouse
Have a house run on solar power -- I would love to get the homes off the grid. Working on it. Doing what I can now to conserve energy and be very efficient.
Learn a Martial Art
Climb Fine Jade, Moab
Own a Saugaro Cactus with arms
Visit Moscow
Climb Spare Rib, Galatin Canyon, Montana
Do an overnight motorcycle trail ride in Baja, Mexico
Learn to surf -- still learning. Occasinally I get a good ride.
Stay at the Awahanee Hotel, Yosemite -- would be a wonderful Christmas vacation with the family.
Visit Madagascar, Afrcia -- I would love to visit this wild place. Wonderful rock and amazing and wonderful flora and fauna.
Bike the 32 Epic Rides selected by the International Mountain Biking Association
Climb all of Colorado's 14,000' peaks (There are over 50?)
Hike the Pacific Creast Trail (Or John Muir Trail)
Have a fish pond with a waterfall.
Watch my son's graduate from college and get married -- yes, and to a wonderful woman, and also see my daughter graduate and marry a wonderful man. He is gonna have to get through me 1st though. Gonna be hard to do.
Have an exercise room at the house -- gotta get the garage cleaned out again so I can get back to my climbing wall and workout equip.
Own a Grand Piano -- never. I hate moving pianos. Have moved too many of them. We have a lite-weight keyboard for the kids. Both are now taking piano lessons.
Amazing list Todd. Great ideas. I'll have to look up a lot of those climbs you have listed as well as the climbing areas.
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Gabe
climber
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Visit another planet, or at least go into outer space. Yep, dreaming small. I think It would be awesome to look down on this blue-green ball from space.
Have a dog.
I guess that's it for now. I'll keep plugging along, plenty of adventures left! Gabe
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Binks
Social climber
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Quit working and do whatever seems right. Play some music, climb some, ride some waves. It's happening this year. F*#k this sh#t. Let someone else sit behind a desk, I hear there are millions just waiting for it and the generous 2 week vacation packages. They are polishing up their resumes to pay off their massive student loans only to incur more of the same by buying cars, houses, and funding some expensive wife and then sending 2.5 progeny to college to start it all over again. Ah f*#k it I'm not gonna do that stuff. I'm heading south of the border to find some waves.
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Mittens
climber
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2 girls at the same time.
and the grack.
Josiah- Oh it on! Give it a few years.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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sit in front of my wood burner and be content with the warmth and glow of the flames and not stress about taking a prominent vacation to jamaica while letting my dreadlocks down...reggae junky jew....
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bluNgoldhornet6
Big Wall climber
Tampa, Fl
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 9, 2010 - 11:58pm PT
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Binks,
Siiiick!! f*#k the list and just do it brah? i feel you on that one.
But it takes someone with real big huevos to just get up and do it. if you can pull it off write a book.
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WBraun
climber
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Mar 10, 2010 - 12:03am PT
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You people are all false renunciates.
You falsely renounce the very same that supports your false renunciations.
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