While wandering through Dymmocks (a popular bookstore in Australia) in 2012, I stumbled across this book and thought it was fantastic!
101 Things To Do Before You Die - by Richard Horne
Book link - click here!
I decided that I was going to do my best to complete as many as possible! So - any blog posts with a numbered title are to do with this book.
I started writing this blog back when I started the book, so my apologies for some over excited wording and writing how I speak.
Here's the List:
Write a Best-SellerSwim With...- Win an Award, Trophy or Prize
- Catch a Fish With Your Bare Hands
- Make a Discovery
- Throw a House Party While Your Parents Are Out
- Be Part of a Threesome
Realise Your Childhood DreamLearn That Instrument- Leave Your Mark in Graffiti
- Storm Chase a Tornado
- Get a Piece of Art into an Exhibition
Meet Someone With Your Own Name- Ride the World's Biggest Rollercoasters
- Top Thrill Dragster, Cedar Point, Ohio
- Steel Dragon 2000, Nagashima Spa Land, Japan
- Colossus, Thorpe Park, England
- Superman the Escape, Siz Flags Magic Mountain, California
- Incredible Hulk, Universal Studios Island of Adventure, Florida
- Son of Beast, Paramount's Kings Island, Ohio
- Stage Dive Or Crowd Surf
- Get Into the Guiness Book of World Records
- Own a Pointless Collection
- Study the Karma Sutra and Put Theory into Practice
- Master Poker and Win Big in a Casino
- Get Backstage and Get Off with a Rock God
- Be a Human Guinea Pig
- Go Up in a Hot Air Balloon
- Get Arrested
- See a Space Shuttle Launch
- Capture the Moment in an Award-winning Photograph
- Bunjy Jump
- See an Erupting Volcano
Sky DiveMeet Your Idol- Stay in the Best Suite in a Five Star Hotel
- Experience Weightlessness
- See the Aurora Borealis
- Get to Score a Hole in One
- Designe Your Own Cocktail
- Play a Part in Your Favourite TV Show
- Visit Every Continent (this one is actually visit every country)
Asia- Antarctica
- North America
South AmericaEuropeAustralia- Africa
- Make Fire Without Matches
- See These Animals in the Wild...
- Go to the Dogs
- Get a Free Upgrade on a Plane
- Be Friends With an Ex
Hit Your Targets- Throw a Dart into a Map and Travel to Where it Lands
- Attend a Film Premiere
- Do a Runner From a Fancy Restaurant
Scuba DiveMilk a Cow- Be Present When Your Country Wins the World Cup
- See Both Solar and Lunar Eclipses
- Write Your Name Over a Star on the Walk of Fame
- Learn Another Language
- Read the Greatest Books Ever Written
- Complete a Coast to Coast Road Trip Across America
Make at Least One Huge Purchase You Can't Afford- Score the Winning Goal/ Try/ Basker
- Gatecrash a Fancy Party
- See the All Time Greatest Films
- Live in the Place You Love
Leave a Job You Hate- Take Part in a Police Line-Up
Get Away with the Perfect Practical Joke or Hoax- Join the Mile High Club
- Make the Front Page of a National Newspaper
- Drive a Car at Top Speed
- Shout "Drinks Are On Me!" in a Pub or Bar
- Be a Part of a Flash Mob
- Visit...
- Colosseum, Rome, Italy
- Uluru, Australia
- Machu Picchu, Peru
- The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilSydney Harbour, AustraliaTaj Mahal, Agra, IndiaGreat Barrier Reef, Australia- Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
- Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Angor Wat, Cambodia
- The Great Wall of China
- Save Someone's Life
- In Various Languages, Learn to Say...
- Invent a Word That Makes it into the Dictionary
- Have Adventurous Sex
- Have Enough Money to Do All the Things on This List
- Stand on the International Date Line
- Learn To Fly a Plane
- Get a Tattoo and/or Piercing
- Invent Something
- Learn Astronomy and Read the Night Sky
- Drink a Vintage Wine
- Answer a Personal Ad
- Spend Christmas on the Beach
- Get Barred From a Pub or Bar
- Build Your Own House
- Skinny Dip at Midnight
- Sell All Your Junk on eBay and Make a Profit
- Visit the World's Tallest Buildings
Run A Marathon- Conquer Your Fear
- Get Married Unusually
- Throw Away The Instant Noodles
- Join the 16-Mile High Club
- Publish A Cult Website
- Own an Original Work of Art
- Complete the Monopoly Board Pub Crawl
- Get Something Named After You
- Get Revenge
- Be an Extra in a Film
- Live Out of a Van
- Go on a Demonstration
- Confess
- Reach 100 Years of Age
- Continue Your Gene Pool
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