Planning a vacation? Looking for an adventure? Here are 101 crazy things to do before you die. From jumping out of planes, to diving in shark infested waters, this list has something for everyone!
- Steal from the store where you work
- Go to Burning Man and wear nothing but your birthday suit for two whole days straight!
- Take an art class or learn a new skill like cooking, sewing, or photography
- Ride a bike off of the highest cliff you can find
- Zip line through a jungle
- Climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa’s highest mountain at 19,341 feet tall (5,895 meters), to see snowcapped peaks and glaciers up close and personal!
- Get your fortune told by someone who claims they can see into the future
- Go to the cemetery at night and walk around it
- Go to an abandoned building at night and explore it in complete darkness
- Make up a dance routine and teach it to someone else
- Drink a gallon of milk in one day
- Visit an abandoned mental hospital
- Find out what you’re worth on the open market
- Visit a country on the other side of the world
- Break a Guinness World Record
- Ride an elephant through the jungle of Thailand or India
- Eat a whole cake in one sitting
- Ride in a hot air balloon over Monument Valley or Grand Canyon National Park for spectacular views from above!
- Get your picture taken with a koala bear in Australia or New Zealand
- Swear at a police officer
- Travel to every continent on Earth
- Get a tattoo of your favorite animal on your arm
- Perform on stage (sing, dance, play music)
- Climb Mount Everest
- Ride in an airplane without any clothes on
- Get on stage and sing your favorite song at karaoke night
- Get married on top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France (or any other landmark)
- Write your autobiography and publish it on Amazon Kindle
- Spend a day at the beach without sunscreen and get sunburnt to hell and back
- Skydive over Mount Everest and take pictures while you’re falling to your death
- Walk a tightrope
- Visit Stonehenge or Machu Picchu, Peru’s ancient ruins and temples from the Inca Empire period (1438-1533)
- Get your tongue pierced
- Get your fortune told by a gypsy woman on the street corner of Central Park
- Take a photo safari through Africa’s Serengeti National Park, where you might spot lions, cheetahs, elephants, giraffes and more!
- Spend an evening alone in your house with all the lights off, just to see what happens (don’t do this if you have pets!)
- Take a yoga class on a beach
- Dance on the bar at a strip club
- Get on the roof and yell “I’m king of the world!”
- Visit all 50 states in the US of A
- Ride a roller coaster without holding on to the rails
- See the Northern Lights in Iceland or Norway
- Spend a night in the woods with no food or water
- Get married on top of a mountain or at the bottom of the ocean
- Swim with dolphins in Hawaii or off the coast of Australia
- Eat at an expensive restaurant and order everything off the menu
- Read Stephen King books for 24 hours straight without stopping
- Watch a meteor shower
- Spend a night at Riker’s Island (jail)
- Visit Antarctica and see penguins, seals, and whales up close
- Watch fireworks from up close, not just far away from them
- Jump off a cliff
- Ride a camel through the Sahara Desert
- Visit a cemetery at night to see if any ghosts show up
- Ride in an open-top jeep over a volcano’s rim
- Eat something you don’t like, but always wanted to try it
- Go to Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany
- Ride in an elevator alone without pressing any buttons or stopping on any floors
- Race in an Iron Man competition (or just do one triathlon)
- Climb Mt Kilimanjaro with nothing but your hands and feet for support (and no ropes!)
- Eat at every Michelin-starred restaurant in New York City, London, and Paris
- Learn to surf, ski, or snowboard
- Rappel down a waterfall
- Walk around your house with all the lights off and pretend you’re being chased by someone
- Walk across hot coals barefoot with no protective gear on (I’m not sure this is adrenaline-inducing but it’s still worth doing)
- Paint your nails with the colors of the rainbow
- Listen to scary music while walking through dark streets or woods alone
- Take a train ride across the country
- Run with the bulls in Spain (or any other country)
- Go skinny dipping at night under the stars in the ocean/lake/river/pool or anywhere else!
- Get your picture taken at Times Square on New Year’s Eve
- Kiss someone in the rain
- Learn to fly an airplane
- Jump out of a plane without any training whatsoever
- Go to Burning Man Festival and watch people burn an effigy of Trump on Saturday night (it’s an annual event)
- Put on a funny hat
- Swim with sharks in the Great Barrier Reef
- Paint your nails, and then eat them off one by one
- Throw eggs at your boss’s house
- Go skydiving over New York City and watch as it lights up below you like Christmas tree lights
- Take a hot air balloon ride over Cappadocia, Turkey and see all of the beautiful rock formations below you
- Jump out of an airplane without a parachute
- Watch the sunrise from the top of a mountain
- Go on a haunted tour of your town or city’s most notorious buildings and landmarks
- Kiss a stranger
- Eat an entire jar of Nutella in one sitting
- Sleep outside for one night without any blankets or pillows and see how it feels to be closer to nature for once!
- Swim with sharks in Australia or South Africa, but only if they’re not aggressive towards humans!
- Sail around Cape Horn (the southernmost point of South America) on a tall ship like the Flying Dutchman or HMS Beagle
- Take a selfie with your favorite celebrity
- Ride an elephant to work
- Drive on the Autobahn in Germany or Italy’s Autostrada system, which has no speed limit but police who will stop you if you exceed 130 km/h (81 mph) for more than 3 minutes as well as cameras that catch your license plate number and fine you automatically from home via mail
- Go to Disney World and ride every single ride there is, even if you’re too old for some of them
- Sleep outside on Halloween night, even if it’s raining or snowing out
- Go to the movies without paying for it
- Run a marathon
- Ride on a motorcycle with no hands and feet on the ground (elevated)
- See the Northern Lights in Iceland or Norway
- Take pictures of weird things that you see during the day, like graffiti and abandoned buildings, then post them online with no explanation
- Ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet
- Ride a bull
So, have you ever found yourself looking at the clock and realizing that time is running out? Have you ever thought, “I’m only going to live once. I might as well make it count”? We all have. So which of these 100 things will you do before your time runs out?
