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50 Things To Do Before You're 11 3/4
Apr. 19th, 2012 04:34 pmThis is the National Trust's list of 50 Things To Do Before You're 11 3/4. I'm bold-facing the ones I've done, and not cheating by including things I did after that age (though I will post notes on a few).
1. Climb a tree. Like a lot of other things on this list, this is something I still enjoy doing!
2. Roll down a really big hill
3. Camp out in the wild
4. Build a den
5. Skim a stone
6. Run around in the rain
7. Fly a kite - I tried, but actually never got the hang of it until I was a teenager.
8. Catch a fish with a net
9. Eat an apple straight from a tree
10. Play conkers - No, as I'd never heard of the game before this list came out.
11. Throw some snow
12. Hunt for treasure on the beach
13. Make a mud pie
14. Dam a stream
15. Go sledging - Maybe. I went sledding, but my understanding of the word is that this is somewhat different--a sled or sleigh pulled by an animal. Which I don't think I did, but I could be misremembering.
16. Bury someone in the sand
17. Set up a snail race - I did, however, race earthworms.
18. Balance on a fallen tree - Preferably over a stream.
19. Swing on a rope swing - Preferably swinging into water.
20. Make a mud slide
21. Eat blackberries growing in the wild
22. Take a look inside a tree - And when I could, I went into the tree too.
23. Visit an island
24. Feel like you’re flying in the wind
25. Make a grass trumpet
26. Hunt for fossils and bones
27. Watch the sun wake up
28. Climb a huge hill
29. Get behind a waterfall - I don't think so, but I've done it plenty of times since 11 3/4.
30. Feed a bird from your hand
31. Hunt for bugs
32. Find some frogspawn
33. Catch a butterfly in a net - I don't think so, but I did catch some in jars.
34. Track wild animals - Deer, anyway.
35. Discover what’s in a pond
36. Call an owl
37. Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool
38. Bring up a butterfly
39. Catch a crab - I don't think so, though I did catch "crawdads", which also had pinchers.
40. Go on a nature walk at night
41. Plant it, grow it, eat it
42. Go wild swimming - Wild swimming? As in skinny dipping? Not before 11 3/4.
43. Go rafting
44. Light a fire without matches - I'm not including using a lighter here, either.
45. Find your way with a map and compass
46. Try bouldering (rock climbing outdoors but with safety mats and short drops) - I did go bouldering. But not with safety mats and short drops. Ahem.
47. Cook on a campfire
48. Try abseiling - Not till I was 22.
49. Find a geocache (use GPS and other navigational aides to locate hidden containers.) - Erm, GPS didn't exist at the time, or at least not for public consumption.
50. Canoe down a river - Not down a river, though I did canoe in a lake.
1. Climb a tree. Like a lot of other things on this list, this is something I still enjoy doing!
2. Roll down a really big hill
3. Camp out in the wild
4. Build a den
5. Skim a stone
6. Run around in the rain
7. Fly a kite - I tried, but actually never got the hang of it until I was a teenager.
8. Catch a fish with a net
9. Eat an apple straight from a tree
10. Play conkers - No, as I'd never heard of the game before this list came out.
11. Throw some snow
12. Hunt for treasure on the beach
13. Make a mud pie
14. Dam a stream
15. Go sledging - Maybe. I went sledding, but my understanding of the word is that this is somewhat different--a sled or sleigh pulled by an animal. Which I don't think I did, but I could be misremembering.
16. Bury someone in the sand
17. Set up a snail race - I did, however, race earthworms.
18. Balance on a fallen tree - Preferably over a stream.
19. Swing on a rope swing - Preferably swinging into water.
20. Make a mud slide
21. Eat blackberries growing in the wild
22. Take a look inside a tree - And when I could, I went into the tree too.
23. Visit an island
24. Feel like you’re flying in the wind
25. Make a grass trumpet
26. Hunt for fossils and bones
27. Watch the sun wake up
28. Climb a huge hill
29. Get behind a waterfall - I don't think so, but I've done it plenty of times since 11 3/4.
30. Feed a bird from your hand
31. Hunt for bugs
32. Find some frogspawn
33. Catch a butterfly in a net - I don't think so, but I did catch some in jars.
34. Track wild animals - Deer, anyway.
35. Discover what’s in a pond
36. Call an owl
37. Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool
38. Bring up a butterfly
39. Catch a crab - I don't think so, though I did catch "crawdads", which also had pinchers.
40. Go on a nature walk at night
41. Plant it, grow it, eat it
42. Go wild swimming - Wild swimming? As in skinny dipping? Not before 11 3/4.
43. Go rafting
44. Light a fire without matches - I'm not including using a lighter here, either.
45. Find your way with a map and compass
46. Try bouldering (rock climbing outdoors but with safety mats and short drops) - I did go bouldering. But not with safety mats and short drops. Ahem.
47. Cook on a campfire
48. Try abseiling - Not till I was 22.
49. Find a geocache (use GPS and other navigational aides to locate hidden containers.) - Erm, GPS didn't exist at the time, or at least not for public consumption.
50. Canoe down a river - Not down a river, though I did canoe in a lake.
So...34 out of 50. Not bad at all. I see certain patterns developing earlier in my life here.
And quite honestly, out of those 34, I still do 23. Aside from my giveaway of #1, I'll let you guess which ones.
