I want to fall in love one last time before I die. (Terminal cancer, age 41)
All that other shit is meaningless
I'd like to quit my very stressful corporate job and be able to support myself with my creative endeavors. I'd also love to be married someday, but even though I'm in a long term relationship, I've finally given up on that one (for real this time). I know that might not sound "adventurous", but it would all be pretty exciting for me.
I want to go to a ball in Vienna.
Been there done that. What I want is to walk the Santiago Compostela.
That’s so crazy that it may be your last adventure….might be worth it though. 🤤
I want to drive across Europe, Australia, and the Americas (not all in a row).
It would be nice to do Africa and all of Eurasia, but some shit would need to get fixed first.
I'm Australian and I want to drive across my country. But with a twist.
I want to grab my best friends, all fly to Perth (Far western Australia) on a friday. We each have $5000 and the weekend to buy a car and prep it for the 3900kms back to sydney.
Do our own stupid little top gear adventure.
Yea, but you need a 4th guy in the backup car when the dumb shit you do breaks one. And he can carry the tools to fix most things along the way.
Mmmyesss...
Sometimes, your genius is almost frightening.
I just wanna play an in-person campaign of DnD with like... 4 or 5 other people, and a good DM.
That's all the adventure I need. But no friends and a strange work schedule tell me I won't get it.
This isn't the most glamorous or exciting thing, but I want to go to a furry convention sometime.
... I'm really typecasting myself here on Lemmy, aren't I?
Sounds like am amazing goal. People on the internet can hate on furries all they want but connecting to like-minded people in the real world is really nice. I hope you get there.
What's a furry convention?
Basically, "furries" are animal people like in Disney's Robin Hood and Zootopia, and the fans of those creatures. There's some sfw art at !furry@yiffit.net if you want to see. Humans in media are boring. :P
Personally, I've seen it to be a very open, accepting and welcoming community. So I guess I romanticise being with a group of like minded people, which is something I've felt lacking in my life.
... Annoyingly, due to its history as an lgbt-friendly splinter group, it's who a lot of the bigots started targeting when it became socially unacceptable to be honophobic online. Grumble grumble.
Wait, for real?
On the chance that you're serious, this should tell you way more than you'd ever want to know about furries. (And if you aren't sated by the time you're finished reading that article, there's a link to the page "Furry Convention" in the first paragraph.)
A place of degeneracy.
Sailing around the world on a sailboat.
It would have been odd if you sailed around the world in a bus.
Otoh, it would have qualified as a proper crazy adventure.
Same! I looked into it myself, and it's nearly impossible to pull off. Since I have no experience sailing, it would take me at least 2 yrs of training. I'd have to start off by volunteering as a hand on someone else's sailboat. I'd also have to get a dingy to practice on.
Eventually, I'd need to find a reliable person that would also like to try this adventure out, is dedicated enough to develop the skills necessary, has the financial means to pull it off, and isn't tied down by other responsibilities (eg house, family, etc.). We'd also need to get along extraordinarily well since we'll be together for ~2 yrs in a small space and deciding where to go and what to do jointly.
Then, we'd need to drop ~$80k on a sailboat and another ~$20k on renovating it. Once that's completed, we'd have to take a few shorter trips to test it out, such as sailing around the Caribbean.
Lastly, once underway, things could still get pretty bad. Mechanical issues aside, we'd have to worry about safety out in the open ocean. There could be violent assailants or storms. There could also be political unrest of unwelcoming area where we dock and resupply.
Basically, this adventure is really difficult to pull off because it's not just sailing and living on a boat. There's a lot more to consider.
As a more manageable and not quite as expensive option: a shorter sail might be most of the adventure you need.
I live in Boston and at one point joined a sailing school/club out of Boston harbor. They had mostly 35’ boats but a few up to 49’. It was so much fun learning to deal with open water, complex boats, crew cooperation.
However the one thing I wasn’t in a position to do …. They organized cruises on the bigger boats: form a crew and sail to the Caribbean! While it’s nowhere near around the world, something like this is a couple weeks at sea and seems like a really cool adventure
Look up Wilfried Erdmann, he was a famous single sailor who has circled the world a couple times. He has books on the matter where he speaks about the experience as well as the preparation and what kind of yacht he used. Very well written and interesting if you're into that topic.
It shows that you can do it alone easily enough and that you don't need some crazy high end yacht.
It’s easier than you think! You can get your basic keelboat certification in about a month at a training place. Usually only takes four weekends. Once you have that under your belt, you’ll be able to rent at places and get some experience. The fundamentals of sailing don’t change, though with a bigger boat you will need to exercise some caution.
You can do it!
- Travel around my country in a camper van
- go parachute jumping
- go wingsuit flying
- hang gliding
- learn to sail a small boat
At least the last point is something you can do relatively cheap at most larger lakes or coastal cities in a weekend course. Sailing isn't that hard.
I would like to try hang gliding but also don't want to admit this is likely a terrible idea!
What about something safer like base jumping?
The squirrel suit will save me!! :D
I've been watching a lot of shiey on youtube and it makes me want to train hop. I went wandering for a few years when I was younger and I miss it sometimes, I hitch hiked all over, but never train hopped and now I'm a bit too tied down I probably won't get the opportunity.
Not a regret exactly, but I do miss the freedom of living out of a bag and just waking up and traveling anywhere you want on a whim with no set dates or requirements other than making sure you have food and water.
I want to go to a Taco Bell in every country that it's has them. I know Japan, India, New Zealand, and I believe the Dominican Republic have taco bells.
I like taco bell, and traveling. I would enjoy myself. They probably have unique menu items.
India has Taco Bell, been in one yesterday! It tastes quite differently.
That's so cool. I hope to try it someday
Spain has taco bell too, i have not tried taco bell ever though.
I wish I knew. I'm not motivated enough about life to fantasize.
"Play with it while you have hands!"
What I'm trying to say, is: just do it, anything you feel like. Things only get more complicated later in life.
But I don't feel like anything in particular. If someone were to tell me to "just do it" a trillion different random things have equal potential to come to mind. Should I tour the toothpick factory because that's "a thing to do while alive", as opposed to trying out at the tiddlywinks championship? That's the issue, nothing that I would expect to be able to do draws me.
Crazy adventures? A happy, lasting, trustful relationship.
We'll all make it one day.
I'd love to go caving!
Does caving also include going into caves that have been explored and secured before? Or do you mean full on diving into the unknown? Because ive seen too many video essays and read too much H.P. Lovecraft to even think about that.
