50 Extraordinary Things!

  1. Be a better person
  2. Climb Mt. Whitney DUN! Essay to follow
  3. Finish all 5 passes of the Death Ride DUN! Experience it here!
  4. Get a tattoo! DUN! See it here!
  5. Attend 52 Bikram Yoga sessions (currently down 4)
  6. Take the Cannell Plunge
  7. Take a week long Mountain Biking trip to Moab, UT. DUN! Experience it here!
  8. Produce my 5th and greatest Sidewalk Chalk Art at Chalk It Up!  DUN !
  9. Produce a Podcast and have it distributed over Itunes
  10. Write and record a song.
  11. Achieve  my goal weight of 200 pounds.  DUN!
  12. Sell my Mercedes.
  13. Write a story
  14. Illustrate a comic story
  15. See and photograph a California Condor.
  16. Ride the Downieville Downhill (not the race, just the ride)
  17. Cross california on my bike in one weekend.
  18. Parasail, rappel, zip line or skydive DUN! Rappled the Moaning Cavern on 10-6-10
  19. Finish my hovercraft
  20. Build my CNC Milling Machine
  21. Build a Chopper (bicycle)
  22. Build a Prosthetic leg for someone
  23. Plant 50 daffodils along the American River bike trail (or something else to give back for all many miles of enjoyment). (inspired by Bart)
  24. Finish Eppie's Great Race as an ironman.  DUN! Finished 29th. Top 1/3 of my class.
  25. Climb Horsetail Falls (I'll go with you). (inspired by Bart) 
  26. Climb Freel Peak, the highest peak in the Lake Tahoe Basin. DUN! Topped it on 8/8/10 (inspired by Bart)
  27. Eat a fried Twinkie and bungie jump at the State Fair. (inspired by Bart)
  28. Write a limerick, which are always dirty ("There once was a man from Hiram Johnson") (inspired by Bart)
  29. An act of public nudity (inspired by Bart)
  30. Kayak the entire lower American from Nimbus Dam to the Sacramento River. DUN! May 31, 2010 (inspired by Bart)
  31. Build a Rube Goldberg Machine
  32. Climb Mt. Diablo twice. Once on the road bike, once on the Mountainbike.
  33. Ride my bike to work every day in May (Bike Commute month).
  34. Clear my email inbox!
  35. Upgrade my Amateur Radio license.
  36. Create a route and take a 3 day Mountainbike Trip between 3 towns!
  37. Have no more than one drink unless I have the next day off. i.e. Refrain from drinking on school nights.  (I've not been doing too well on this one)
  38. Ride my first Century! DUN! May 23, 2010 Sacramento to Rancho Cordova to Winters to Sacramento
  39. Learn to walk a slackline. (I'm getting there)
  40. Run a Half Marathon. Signed up for the Urban Cow Half Oct 3, 2010 DUN! Time: 2:04:07
  41. Run a Triathlon! DUN! Ran the Golden State Super Sprint Triathlon in 37:56
  42. Run the CIM (California International Marathon) DUN! 5:26:18
  43. Visit 50 Cities. Here's the list so far...
    1. Sacramento, CA
    2. Folsom, CA
    3. Roseville, CA
    4. Placerville, CA
    5. Davis, CA
    6. Napa, CA
    7. Rancho Cordova, CA
    8. Fair Oaks, CA
    9. Orangevale, CA
    10. Coloma, CA
    11. Georgetown, CA
    12. Cool, CA
    13. Eldorado Hills, CA
    14. Pollock Pines, CA
    15. Lake Tahoe, NV
    16. Fallon, NV
    17. Austin, NV
    18. Moab, UT
    19. Cisco, UT
    20. Fruita, CO
    21. Markleeville, CA
    22. Arnold, CA
    23. Jackson, CA
    24. Sutter Creek, CA
    25. Lone Pine, CA
    26. Mammoth Lakes, CA
    27. Bridgeport, CA
  44. Drink 50 different beers. DUN! Here's the list...
    1. Sierra Nevada Glissade
    2. Hoppy Golden Nugget
    3. Fat Tire
    4. Pabst Blue Ribbon
    5. Mirror Pond Ale
    6. Sapporo Draft
    7. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
    8. Double Eagle Ale
    9. Pilsner Urquel
    10. Hoppy Blond Ale
    11. Kirkland Pale Ale
    12. Kirkland Amber Ale
    13. Kirkland German lager
    14. Kirkland Hefeweizen
    15. Pacifico Lager
    16. Modelo Especial
    17. Dos XX Lager
    18. Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale
    19. Sierra Nevada Summerfest Ale
    20. Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
    21. Moab Brewery Merrimack Steamer
    22. Moab Brewery Deadhorse English Mild
    23. Moab Brewery Rocket Bike Wit
    24. Moab Brewery Porcupine Plisner
    25. Moab Brewery Deadhorse Ale
    26. Moab Brewery Lizard Ale
    27. Moab Brewery Derailler Ale
    28. Moab Brewery Scorpion Ale
    29. Moab Brewery Black Raven Stout
    30. Moab Brewery Elephant Hill Hefeweizen
    31. Full Sail Ale
    32. Delerium Tremens
    33. Provo Girl Pilsner
    34. Boulder Beer Singletrack Copper Ale
    35. Alaskan Amber
    36. Longboard Ale
    37. Shiner Bock
    38. Wailua Pale Ale
    39. Brew Brothers Carano Extra
    40. Brew Brothers Gold Dollar Pale Ale
    41. Gordon Biersch Blond bock
    42. Gordon Biersch Czech Style Pilsner
    43. Gordon Biersch Hefeweizen
    44. Gordon Biersch Marzen 
    45. Phucket!
    46. Mojave Gold Ale
    47. Death Valley Pale Ale
    48. Hemp Ale
    49. Stone Pale Ale
    50. Bierra Moretti




    1. Got any ideas?


Incidental Extraordinary Things that Happened
  1. I won the Sac Treasure Hunt!
  2. Visited Arches National Park
  3. Rode the infamous Slickrock Bike Trail
  4. Took a really fantastic keepsake photo for four guys from out of town. They were at the top of a hill when came upon them and the view was perfect so I had them give me their cameras and take the shot.
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