Monday, January 3, 2011

Top Ten Adventures.

After bicycling across the north-american continent, I've set my sights a little higher! I love adventure and exploration, so I figured I needed some more! I think this list of my top ten adventures probably includes a few places you want to visit!

10. Go Skydiving.
This being the most basic, and probably most commonly shared adventure goal on this list, I figured it should go first. I would go skydiving pretty much anywhere, but a really neat location would be great too!








9. Hang Glide Over Ha Long Bay.
Ha Long Bay, Vietnam looks amazing to me. I don't even know if they do hang gliding there, or if they would even allow it. But I think it would be great. Especially at sunrise.











8. Circumnavigate The Earth, Unpowered.
What I mean by unpowered is 'no motors'. I would use sailboats to get across water, and probably a bike for land. If I wanted it to be completely human-powered, I could use a customized human-powered hydrofoil to cross the water with.





7. Kayak Down The Amazon River.
I've only been kayaking once, on a very calm river. But I loved it so much that I decided I needed to do more over it. A lot more of it.
I would probably use a standard Plastic kayak. They seem to be pretty lightweight and sturdy, and can take a few collisions with no problem.







6. Scuba Dive Down The Great Blue Hole.
I'm sure this is not nearly as interesting to see (If you even can see down there.) as a shipwreck or something, but it still seems like the thing to try when SCUBA diving. I have never been SCUBA diving before, but I love the idea of being able to stay underwater for extended periods of time.




5. Visit The Bottom Of Mariana Trench.
Yet another Aquatic-wannado. I'm not sure how I would go about doing this exactly. I don't know anyone with a submarine, let alone one that can handle over 15,000 psi! But I'll figure it out!











4. Swim In The Devil's Swimming Pool At Victoria Falls.
This is one I've thought about for a long time! Victoria Falls on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe has the largest curtain of falling water in the world. And also happens to have a stone pool at the top that you can go swimming in and not fall over the edge!








3. Trek Across Antarctica To The South Pole.
I've always found Antarctica very intriguing, and if I don't get to trek to the South Pole, I would at least like to go camping there. And maybe start a new country on the 1/8th of it that isn't claimed by a country.







2. Climb Mount Everest.
While certainly this would be quite the undertaking, I think I would do this one even more cautiously than most. I've heard too many stories of people dying...
However, it's still something I want to do.






1. Circumnavigate The Moon.
Say what?
Most people would be content with just visiting the Moon. But not me. Oh no! I want to be the first person to circumnavigate it. Preferably by human-power. Like on a moon-bike or something.
Since I'm looking into an aerospace engineering career for after I turn 35, and have played enough concerts for 8 lifetimes, I figured, eh, why not? I could hook up with someone like Sir Richard Branson, and make it happen!

3 comments:

Josiah said...

Everest, bah! You forgot climbing the tallest mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons ... on mars.

Unknown said...

Great goals, Gabriel! Hope you reach them! #11 could be visiting the Grimes' in MI just one more time before I retire (you've got 17 years to fit us in) and perform a concert in our very own living room! haha You can do it! I believe in you!

Abhinaya said...

woooahh! awesome :) Im off to Ha Long Bay in June. Will let you know if hand gliding is allowed there :)