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Spending a week in the hospital gets you thinking about these things.

I am receiving care from a large team of the best doctors in the province (Socialised healthcare FTW). They feel confident that they can return me to near perfect health.

So when i get out i am not going to waste any more time. I am going to start crossing off the items that are physically demanding. I now know how quickly a person can go from peak condition, to near death. I'm not going to allow myself to miss any more opportunities when i get my second chance.

But I'd like to hear about your list. I may steal some of your ideas if they sound good.

What I've got so far:

1: no limitation, unified rules MMA match against someone i can not beat.

2; drive a dual sport motorcycle north untill​ the roads end, then keep going for a few more days, and camp.

3: dip my tire in the Pacific ocean, then drive east until i can dip it in the Atlantic.

4: visit Europe. Not the tourist areas though, but travel the small towns and see the Euros in their natural habitats.

5-10: all non-physical so they can wait a bit.
Spending a week in the hospital gets you thinking about these things. I am receiving care from a large team of the best doctors in the province (Socialised healthcare FTW). They feel confident that they can return me to near perfect health. So when i get out i am not going to waste any more time. I am going to start crossing off the items that are physically demanding. I now know how quickly a person can go from peak condition, to near death. I'm not going to allow myself to miss any more opportunities when i get my second chance. But I'd like to hear about your list. I may steal some of your ideas if they sound good. What I've got so far: 1: no limitation, unified rules MMA match against someone i can not beat. 2; drive a dual sport motorcycle north untill​ the roads end, then keep going for a few more days, and camp. 3: dip my tire in the Pacific ocean, then drive east until i can dip it in the Atlantic. 4: visit Europe. Not the tourist areas though, but travel the small towns and see the Euros in their natural habitats. 5-10: all non-physical so they can wait a bit.

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[–] Boukert 4 points (+4|-0)

Top of my head:

  • skydiving

  • heli boarding in canada
[–] InnocentBystander [OP] 3 points (+3|-0)

Skydiving would be fun.
But it's not a big draw for me. Not sure it would be worth the expense and effort. I think what people​ like about it is a combination of confronting the height and enjoying the speed/drop.

But i have experienced those in other ways often, so it doesn't seem to appeal to me the same way it does for others.
I have spent a lot of time working at extreme heights. And i imagine that the rush of flying through the air may be comparable to hitting the redline on my Ducati, only slower :)

That said, if someone else set it up and paid for it, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

I also prefer skis to a snowboard. The helicopter part would be cool, but expensive. Skiing the BC Rockies it something I've done, just minus the helicopter.

Good ideas though, and i suggest you get to them sooner rather than later. You never know when you could suddenly lose the ability to.
[–] Boukert 1 points (+1|-0)

I think you would have more a feeling of total freedom then when riding a bike. I never picked up bikeriding cause I like speed to much and would probalby wreck myself, but I imagine it feels pretty good. I also preder none moterised adrenaline for some reason.

I both ski and snowboard, depending on the weather/snow conditions i switch. Snowboard pwns heavily in powder though.

I mainly skied in the Alpes and even did a season in a French resort while I was a student. Alpes has some of the best Piste skiing in the world and the powder possibilities are great, but spoiled within hours or a few days due to heavy tourism and very crowded resorts.

I know it's expensive but you would be in fresh powder the whole time laying your own tracks. Endless amount of fresh tracks..... /starts to drool.... IMO riding powder is about the best feeling in the world
[–] InnocentBystander [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

I never picked up bikeriding cause I like speed to much and would probalby wreck myself

I thought that also when i got my first bike. I genuinely gave myself a 50/50 chance of surviving the first few weeks.

I did crash three times in the first week, so i think i was about right.

But I've never crashed since then.

It'd be a waste if after spending six figures or more of tax payer dollars for them to put me back together, i get on the bike and kill myself. :)

But i have always believed that you must choose between quality and quantity in life. Very few people get to have both. The best things in life are often the ones that will shorten it.

As a teen i thought i would rather die prematurely at 30 after living a life where i did everything i wanted, than live to 100 by never doing anything fun.

I have seriously defied all odds by making it to my current age.

Statistically it is near impossible that i am still alive. The universe seems to be trying to teach me caution now, but I'm a slow learner.
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