things that were on my list I can now cross off:
-randomly take off to a foreign country for an extended period of time
-spend a ski season JUST skiing, no work, no school, just being a bum
-bungy jump
-whitewater kayak
-celebrate canada day in a foreign country
and thats all i can think of, so they're pretty much the important ones
still on my list:
-spend a ski season in japan
-hike the inca trail
-backpack around SE asia
-go heliskiing
-learn to surf (will be doing that in a few weeks!)
-jump a 90ft cliff (into water of course)
-skydive (not sure if the funds will cover this one at the moment)
-swim with dolphins (will be doing)
-spend a season living in a van and road tripping to all the major ski resorts in the US
-learn to rock climb (getting on that when i get back home)
-learn spanish (for upcoming south america trip)
-backpack eastern europe
-get published in a ski magazine
-backpack around iceland
-go to saudi arabia again (not so possible anytime in the near future unfortunately)
-sail around the mediterainean
-come back to NZ
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What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.
William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways
Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass.
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