Before I'm 40. Challenge Ideas Wanted.

CyrildoSquirrel

I have decided. I want to do something something before I die. It is to be something physical, which is why I plan to do it before I turn 40. Something like completing a marathon or climbing a mountain or cycling across Australia.

Anyone got any better ideas? I'm almost 32 now to give you an idea of the timeframe we're talking about.

Michellenman

How about a marathon or climbing a mountain? No, I joke.

Make it to every continent?

biko

Cure cancer

giggsy664

Try dying before 40.

It's epic lulz

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Join one of those 'active' charities and do a sponsorship event. Parachute jumping into the Sarengeti (sp?) with a blind Nepalese midget on your back or something.

minidazzler

Ride someone in every country.

Ride someone on top of a mountain!

Creamy Goodness

Do something...

Alone.

up them Schteps

http://www.clipperroundtheworld.com/

-This would be intresting......

alexandros

Tibetan Buddhism meditation retreat in the Himalayan mountains?
I don't think you have to actually be a Buddhist to do this.
And you might not find enlightenment, but it should be interesting.

CyrildoSquirrel

alexander.t wrote: »

Tibetan Buddhism meditation retreat in the Himalayan mountains?
I don't think you have to actually be a Buddhist to do this.
And you might not find enlightenment, but it should be interesting.

^Great idea. I would welcome the chance to learn more about Buddhism.

Parachute jumping sounds good for the challenge part but I don't think it would be phyiscal enough.

Walking all around the coast of Ireland or something to do with cycling appeals. Some great ideas so far, thanks!

Heisenberg.

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wylo

I think the SAS do a sort of tough hike in England every year, basically its for the public but youd wanna get training , not to mention learn everything to come with it, i.e. map reading. Physically its supposed to be exteremly tough. Someone else might put up the name of it, it was mentioned in the military forum a good few months ago

galwayrush

Best to ask boardies on A.H... 0h wait.............

Riddle101

Do one of those trips that Ewan mcGregor did you know a motorcycle trip around Europe, or America

Take a trip around the world

Visit every landmark and Wonder of the world.

Climb a Mountain

visit the South Pole or the North Pole

Deep sea dive

Skydive

punch Mary Harney in the gee

Do a sponsored walk from Cork to Belfast

You know I think i'm listening all the things I want to do but there's some ideas anyway

galwayrush

Do what Neil Peart drummer from Rush did, get a motorbike and start in north Canada or Alaska, and drive at your leisure all the way to the Southern tip of Chile / Argentina. Took Neil approx 4 months.:cool:

john concannon

Find me a job for the Summer

CyrildoSquirrel

wylo wrote: »

I think the SAS do a sort of tough hike in England every year, basically its for the public but youd wanna get training , not to mention learn everything to come with it, i.e. map reading. Physically its supposed to be exteremly tough. Someone else might put up the name of it, it was mentioned in the military forum a good few months ago

Great one, that's the kinda thing I'm looking for.

john concannon wrote: »

Find me a job for the Summer

Will do. Right after I find my OH one.

NeMiSiS

http://www.myswitzerland.com/en/offer-Activities_Excursions-Sports-16925.html
It's the bungee jump from Golden eye ..

See here also : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzvXEYKQg18&feature=related

skyhighflyer

Resolve to be an uninteresting cnut of no significance. Most people end up being like that anyway, but you'd be really cool and unique for actually aiming for it.

IrishSerf

Resolve to be an uninteresting cnut of no significance. Most people end up being like that anyway, but you'd be really cool and unique for actually aiming for it.

Ageed, but be an interesting cnut of some significence. People will always remember the annoying old git at the end of the bar as opposed to the old git who ran a marathon/climbed Everest etc. Who cares? Do nothing, grow old and irritate young people, ridicule their ambitions, that's what old people are for.

skyhighflyer

Have you ever thought about joining the French Foreign Legion? Fly to Paris, turn up at the recruiting desk (they're open every morning and there's always a few stragglers outside)

Basically, you do a quick assessment and then you get packed off to the infamous farm in the South of France where you spend about 5 weeks having the bollix run off you and getting punched/screamed at by angry Frenchman. If you pass that, you're in. Then you get to spend the next five years parachuting into the most dangerous parts of the world killing members of various ethnic minorities. Bonus French citizenship after a couple of years and you get to join under an assumed name so if you've ever wanted to be Hercules Rockefeller there's your chance.

Then after 5 years or so you can leave and become a mercenary working for whatever dodgy government pays you the most. Plus you'll be able to both speak French and kill someone with your bare hands. I'm told the ladies like both.

Doubs

I'm hoping to do this in the next year or two:

http://www.concernchallenge.org/challenge/profile.php?chall=4

Seems cool, there are a few other one's there as well.

Another one I'd love to do, for the sheer madness of it:

http://rickshawrun.theadventurists.com/index.php?page=overview

Daroxtar

Say yes every single time someone asks you to do something for a month. See where it leads you.

Peared

Give birth.

There's not really any bigger physical thing than growing a human inside yourself and then pushing that human out of you.

Senna

Peared wrote: »

Give birth.

There's not really any bigger physical thing than growing a human inside yourself and then pushing that human out of you.

:rolleyes: Yeah wimin, your so great and use poor men cant comprehend what you go through. I had a massive dump this morning that could have had a couple of new born babies inside it.

Peared

Wow Senna, somebody needs to be a bit less sensitive about the limitations of their pee pee.

OP asked for a physical challenge, I gave them a physical challenge.

All the moreso if OP is male.

Ass

CyrildoSquirrel wrote: »

I have decided. I want to do something something before I die. It is to be something physical, which is why I plan to do it before I turn 40. Something like completing a marathon or climbing a mountain or cycling across Australia.

Anyone got any better ideas? I'm almost 32 now to give you an idea of the timeframe we're talking about.

Here's a challenge. Try lose your virginity before you're 40.

Lab_Mouse

Sleep with a virgin

Soby

Riddle101 wrote: »

punch Mary Harney in the gee

Sure he'd spend the rest of his life trying to find it.

Kieo

try get a job and hopefully by the time your 40 the recession will be over!:eek:

EdgarAllenPoo

Bungee jump from a helicopter that's flying upside down, I guarantee you'll only do it once;).

Sharpshooter

I think the OP actually wants to reach 40,though.:D

Senna

Peared wrote: »

Wow Senna, somebody needs to be a bit less sensitive about the limitations of their pee pee.

.

Yeah my Pee Pee does have its limitations, on the other hand my penis can achieve anything it puts its mind to.:cool:

what to do?

CyrildoSquirrel wrote: »

I have decided. I want to do something something before I die. It is to be something physical, which is why I plan to do it before I turn 40. Something like completing a marathon or climbing a mountain or cycling across Australia.

Anyone got any better ideas? I'm almost 32 now to give you an idea of the timeframe we're talking about.

dont be so lazy and put things off by eight years.

it takes about three moths to train up for a marathon for someone who has never done one before.

do a marathon this year in october. never mind about when you're 40 - you mighn't be here - hopefully you will be. but why decide i want to run a marathon.......in eight years time????

when you've run the marathon (at 32) then worry about what to be doing by the time you're 40!

EdgarAllenPoo

Heard a thing on the radio the other day about fire walking (the whole hot coals thing) OP could do that.

kincsem

Get a loan from a bank.
For added difficulty while wearing a ski mask/balaclava.

Rented Mule

galwayrush wrote: »

Do what Neil Peart drummer from Rush did, get a motorbike and start in north Canada or Alaska, and drive at your leisure all the way to the Southern tip of Chile / Argentina. Took Neil approx 4 months.:cool:

Excellent idea !!

I am doing a 5000 mile roadtrip next February across Western Canada.

The following year, we are talking about doing Route 66 and then up the PCH to San Jose/San Franciso and then back across the USA..

Turd Ferguson

Do a barrell roll!!!
Or swim from Galway to New York. If you're not good at swimming you could try running around the world without stopping.

CyrildoSquirrel

what to do? wrote: »

dont be so lazy and put things off by eight years.

Well now, I didn't mean that I was looking to do this on the eve of my 40th or anything. I don't want to get into too many details but I would need a good bit of training before my physical challenge.

kincsem wrote: »

Get a loan from a bank.
For added difficulty while wearing a ski mask/balaclava.

Great idea. I've already tried to do this(sans balaclava), during the Celtic Tiger years. It was a non-starter.

CyrildoSquirrel

Kieo wrote: »

try get a job and hopefully by the time your 40 the recession will be over!:eek:

Thanks Kieo but I have a job. Don't really want another one, that'd be greedy.

skyhighflyer

Ass wrote: »

Here's a challenge. Try lose your virginity before you're 40.

And then make a film about it.

ShooterSF

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Do a barrell roll!!!
Or swim from Galway to New York. If you're not good at swimming you could try running around the world without stopping.

But if he goes the wrong way he'll travel forward in time and past his 40th birthday.

daheff

try this:

http://www.gaelforcewest.ie/

Soby

Go into HMV or somewhere and buy that "Things to do before your dead..." poster and complete everything on that..Theres a challenge;)

cabra64

Visit five continents and big home an animal from each one!

dizzywizlw

Shoot the Times Square cowboy in the nuts with an high powered bb gun and get away with it.

Punch Biffo in the face on Dáil tv.

Drive and Aston Martin naked.

Set up a small mail order company in ghana and make it run at a profit.

Scam money off a nigerian 419 scammer.

Invade lambay island and create your own country.

Travel all over russia in a soviet era tank or on the back of a horse while shouting ' bring back the Tzar'

Take your pick from any one of these stupid things that nobody can do successfully

Paddy Samurai

CyrildoSquirrel wrote: »

I have decided. I want to do something something before I die. It is to be something physical, which is why I plan to do it before I turn 40. Something like completing a marathon or climbing a mountain or cycling across Australia.

Anyone got any better ideas? I'm almost 32 now to give you an idea of the timeframe we're talking about.

If you really want to do something physical?,something challenging?,something unique?.Why not try something harder ,forget all that sissy stuff, a marathon,climbing a mountain or cycling across australia.Lots of people do these things in their sixties.
If you want a challenge why not do something no one else has ever done before.Your name will go down in history as the hardest bastard alive.It would be tough to pull off,but if you suceed in this, it will make the SAS selection course look like a girl guides day out.
What you do is run the gauntlet at mecca wearing a mohammad cartoon t-shirt.
Just a word of warning,you will need to be fairly fit to undertake this challenge.