The Original 42
This whole platform stemmed from one person's list of 42 things they wanted to do. Over the years they've ticked some off, and others still need to be done, so here's the full, original list so anyone can both see it and maybe, just maybe, take on the same challenges themselves.
42 activity ideas
- Take a Bungee Jump
- Get my name included on the credits of a film released in cinemas
- Build my own house
- Attend the FIFA World Cup
- Keynote speaker at a conference
- Write and Finish a Book, Even a Short One
- Learn how to waltz
- Learn how to swordfight
- Learn how to do a backflip
- Operate a crane
- Be legitimately referenced in an article on Wikipedia
- See the Northern Lights
- Visit the poles
- Learn to Surf
- Stay at Hotel Sidi Driss in Matmata, Tunisia
- Hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
- fly a plane
- Experience zero gravity
- Raft White Water with a Qualified Guide
- Climb Everest
- Be part of a crew that sails a major sea/ocean
- Earn an Award for Work That Matters
- See an Opera
- Learn how to ski/snowboard
- Learn the guitar
- Win money gambling in Las Vegas
- Solve a Rubiks Cube
- Visit an Active Volcano Safely
- Break 150 at the bowling alley
- score a break of 50 or more in snooker
- Grow and maintain a full herb garden
- Attend a rocket launch
- Go to a big boxing match
- Start a business
- Shoot a proper gun
- Get my golf handicap down to a legitimate 25
- Learn to play the piano to a decent standard
- Learn conversational french
- Go skydiving
- go on a tour for a test match
- Follow the F1 to all of the continents
- Get a motorbike licence