A Shortlist Of Life Experiences
After telling you that I've enjoyed life in this post, I thought it was only fair to tell some of the things I've done.
Sure, some of it is old hat to many adventurers - but I'm not one of those. Just an ordinary guy enjoying life.
So here's a shortlist of some of my more interesting experiences. It may give you ideas for your own lotto freedom time:
- Black water rafting.
- Raced a stock car.
- Became scuba certified.
- Played in bands 15 years (bass), and backed top vocalists.
- Played and mastered 6 and 12-string guitar, mandolin, banjo, electric bass, mouth organ.
- Flew a hang glider.
- Belicopter pilot.
- Glider pilot.
- Private pilot.
- Flew a Skyhawk fighter jet.
- Attended a funeral flypast in one of 13 helicopters.
- Met the Duke of Edinburgh and took his official photo.
- Ridden in a military tank.
- Visited Antarctica.
- Nearly crashed in a Harvard aircraft. (Lost oil cap).
- Wrote 3 best-selling books.
- Watched Fiji firewalking ceremony.
- Was passenger in a hot air balloon.
- Visited Stonehenge, England.
- Taught a class for 1 year.
- Climbed the Eiffel Tower, France.
- Visited Tower of London & Windsor Palace, UK.
- Rode an elephant.
- Rode motorcycles for 20 years.
- Visited Hollywood.
- Published 2 community newspapers over 14 years.
- Whale watched.
- Flew over an active volcano at White Island.
- Climbed Mt Cook during a blizzard.
- Visited 'edge of space,' saw earth's curvature in a Skyhawk at 48,000ft.
- Motorcycled west to east across Australia via Nullabor Plains.
- Flew in an open cockpit (a Tiger Moth).
- Flew in a Sunderland flying boat.
- Flew in a gyroglider.
- Flew in a DC3 topdresser.
Most of these adventures are stories in their own right. But that's what life is about, isn't it?
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