User:Cyberherbalist/John Goddard's Life List
List of goals (test)
[edit]John Goddard's “Life List”. The asterisk or boldface denotes a goal he has achieved.
Explore
[edit]Goal | Achieved | Description | Comments |
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1. | Nile River | ||
2. | Amazon River | ||
3. | Congo River | ||
4. | Colorado River | ||
5. | Yangtze River, China | ||
6. | Niger River | ||
7. | Orinoco River, Venezuela | ||
8. | Rio Coco, Nicaragua |
Study Primitive Cultures In:
[edit]Goal | Achieved | Description | Comments |
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9. | The Congo | ||
10. | New Guinea | ||
11. | Brazil | ||
12. | Borneo | ||
13. | The Sudan | ||
14. | Australia | ||
15. | Kenya | ||
16. | The Philippines | ||
17. | Tanzania | ||
18. | Ethiopia | ||
19. | Nigeria | ||
20. | Alaska |
Climb
[edit]Goal | Achieved | Description | Comments |
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21. | Mount Everest | ||
22. | Mount Aconcagua | ||
23. | Mount McKinley | ||
24. | Mount Hauscaran | ||
25. | Mount Kilimanjaro | ||
26. | Mount Ararat | ||
27. | Mount Kenya | ||
28. | Mount Cook | ||
29. | Mount Popocatepetl | ||
30. | The Matterhorn | ||
31. | Mount Rainier | ||
32. | Mount Fuji | ||
33. | Mount Vesuvius | ||
34. | Mount Bromo | ||
35. | Grand Tetons | ||
36. | Mount Baldy, California |
General
[edit]List of goals
[edit]EXPLORE:
- Nile River
- Amazon River
- Congo River
- Colorado River
- Yangtze River, China
- Niger River
- Orinoco River, Venezuela
- Rio Coco, Nicaragua
STUDY PRIMITIVE CULTURES IN:
- The Congo
- New Guinea
- Brazil
- Borneo
- The Sudan
- Australia
- Kenya
- The Philippines
- Tanzania
- Ethiopia
- Nigeria
- Alaska
CLIMB:
- Mt. Everest
- Mt. Aconcagua, Argentina
- Mt. McKinley
- Mt. Hauscaran, Peru
- Mt. Kilimanjaro
- Mt. Ararat, Turkey
- Mt. Kenya
- Mt. Cook, New Zealand
- Mt. Popocatepetl, Mexico
- The Matterhorn
- Mt. Rainier
- Mt. Fuji
- Mt. Vesuvius
- Mt. Bromo, Java
- Grand Tetons
- Mt. Baldy, California
- Carry out careers in medicine and exploration (studied premed, treats illnesses among primitive tribes)
- Visit every country in the world (30 to go)
- Study Navaho and Hopi Indians
- Learn to fly a plane
- Ride horse in Rose Parade
PHOTOGRAPH:
- Iguacu Falls, Brazil
- Victoria Falls, Rhodesia (Chased by a warthog in the process)
- Sutherland Falls, New Zealand
- Yosemite Falls
- Niagara Falls
- Retrace travels of Marco Polo and Alexander the Great
EXPLORE UNDERWATER:
- Coral reefs of Florida
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia (photographed a 300-pound clam)
- Red Sea
- Fiji Islands
- The Bahamas
- Explore Okefenokee Swamp and the Everglades
VISIT:
- North and South Poles
- Great Wall of China
- Panama and Suez Canals
- Easter Island
- The Galapagos Islands
- Vatican City
- The Taj Mahal
- The Eiffel Tower
- The Blue Grotto
- The Tower of London
- The Leaning Tower of Pisa
- The Sacred Well of Chichen-Itza, Mexico
- Climb Ayers Rock in Australia
- Follow River Jordan from Sea of Galilee to Dead Sea
SWIM IN:
- Lake Victoria
- Lake Superior
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lake Titicaca, S. America
- Lake Nicaragua
ACCOMPLISH:
- Become an Eagle Scout
- Dive in a submarine
- Land on and take of from an aircraft carrier
- Fly in a blimp, balloon and glider
- Ride an elephant, camel, ostrich and bronco
- Skin dive to 40 feet and hold breath two and a half minutes underwater.
- Catch a ten-pound lobster and a ten-inch abalone
- Play flute and violin
- Type 50 words a minute
- Make a parachute jump
- Learn water and snow skiing
- Go on a church mission
- Follow the John Muir trail
- Study native medicines and bring back useful ones
- Bag camera trophies of elephant, lion, rhino, cheetah, cape buffalo and whale
- Learn to fence
- Learn jujitsu
- Teach a college course
- Watch a cremation ceremony in Bali
- Explore depths of the sea
- Appear in a Tarzan movie
- Own a horse, chimpanzee, cheetah, ocelot, and coyote (yet to own a chimp or cheetah)
- Become a ham radio operator
- Build own telescope
- Write a book (About his Nile trip)
- Publish an article in National Geographic Magazine
- High jump five feet
- Broad jump 15 feet
101. * Run mile in five minutes 102. * Weigh 175 pounds stripped (he still does) 103. * Perform 200 sit-ups and 20 pull-ups 104. * Learn French, Spanish and Arabic 105. Study dragon lizards on Komodo Island (Boat broke down within 20 miles of island) 106. * Visit birthplace of Grandfather Sorenson in Denmark 107. * Visit birthplace of Grandfather Goddard in England 108 * Ship aboard a freighter as a seaman 109. Read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica (Has read extensive parts in each volume) 110. * Read the Bible from cover to cover 111.* Read the works of Shakespeare, Plato, Aristotle, Dickens, Thoreau, Rousseau, Conrad, Hemingway, Twain, Burroughs, Talmage, Tolstoi, Longfellow, Keats, Poe, Bacon, Whittier, and Emerson (not every work of each) 112.* Become familiar with the compositions of Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Ibert, Mendelssohn, Lalo, Liszt, Rimski-Korsakov, Respighi, Rachmaninoff, Paganini, Stravinsky, Toch, Tschaikosvsky, Verdi 113.* Become proficient in the use of a plane, motorcycle, tractor, surfboard, rifle, pistol, canoe, microscope, football, basketball, bow and arrow, lariat and boomerang 114. * Compose music 115. * Play Clair de Lune on the piano 116. * Watch fire-walking ceremony (In Bali and Surinam) 117. * Milk a poisonous snake (bitten by diamondback during photo session) 118. * Light a match with .22 rifle 119. * Visit a movie studio 120. * Climb Cheops' pyramid 121. * Become a member of the Explorer's Club and the Adventure's Club 122. * Learn to play polo 123. * Travel through the Grand Canyon on foot and by boat 124. * Circumnavigate the globe (four times) 125. Visit the moon ("Someday, if God wills") 126. * Marry and have children (has five children) 127. * Live to see the 21st century