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Richard Jones's Life List
September 16, 1973

1. Be successful with my marriage and my family.
2. Remain active in my church.
3. Retain my testimony of the divinity of Jesus Christ.
4. Be converted to Home Teaching and do it faithfully.
5. Become active in genealogical work.
6. Be a successful youth leader in the scout or explorer program.
7. When the children are old enough (2 1/2 - 3 years old), begin Family Home Evening and continue faithfully therewith.
8. Be able to quote 200 scriptures pertaining to gospel subjects.
9. Have a working knowledge of the Standard Works (scriptures).
10. Read the Bible through.
11. Read one Standard Work a year.
12. Read the complete set of encyclopedias.
13. Read a minimum of 200 classical novels, i.e. Huck Finn, Tale of Two Cities, etc.
14. Become acquainted with and, read all works of Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, and other prominent philosophers.
15. Read the complete work of Josephus, the Jewish historian.
16. Learn three languages beside English.
17. Perfect my knowledge and understanding of German, especially the elimination of my accent.
18. Have a working knowledge of phonetics.
19. Get myself out of debt and stay out. (Debt at the moment - $20,000).
20. Visit every country in the world.
21. If the fuel shortage doesn't make a white elephant out of recreation, make World Wide River Expeditions, Inc. the largest and most successful river outfitter.
22. Paddle a kayak down the Colorado River through Grand Canyon.
23. Also the Selway river.
24. Also the Middle Fork of the Salmon.
25. Also West Water Canyon.
26. Also Cataract Canyon.
27. Paddle a kayak across the Sea of Cortez.
28. Learn to sail.
29. Learn to navigate with a sextet.
30. Learn to navigate by the stars.
31. Know astronomy and the positions of all the major constellations.
32. Be expert with map and compass.
33. Learn to fly.
34. Fly a jet.
35. Navigate a small sail boat around the world.
36. Walk the entire length of Grand Canyon.
37. Be an excellent swimmer.
38. Visit the North Pole.
39. Visit the South Pole.
40. Visit the moon.
41. Learn to skydive, make a minimum of 50 freefalls.
42. Live to be 101 years old.
43. Run a 4 minute mile before age 35.
44. Participate in at least three (3) 26 mile marathon foot races.
45. Try to beat the existing record for running coast to coast.
46. Pilot a hot air balloon.
47. Become proficient with a bow and arrow.
48. Climb King's Peak (Utah).
49. Climb Mt. Olympus (Utah).
50. Trek the Uintah Skyline Trail - Steiner Lake to Moon Lake (Utah).
51. Traverse the Pacific Crest Trail (John Muir Trail).
52. Traverse the Appalachian Trail.
53. Be expert at back packing.
54. Be expert at winter camping.
55. Ride a bicycle across the United States.
56. Finish my bachelor's degree in archaeology.
57. Be expert in outdoor survival.
58. Make fire by the flint and steel and bow and drill method.
59. Climb Mt. McKinnley.
60. Climb Mt. Whitney.
61. Explore the headwaters of the Amazon River.
62. Float the entire length of the Amazon, the Nile, the Euphrates, the Tigris and many other river systems in the world.
63. Ride the trans-Siberian train.
64. Study law and have a good working knowledge of it.
65. Become thoroughly familiar with the income tax laws.
66. Have a good working knowledge of math, through Calculus, a college degree is possible.
67. Learn to program and operate a computer.
68. Be an accomplished photographer. Win an award in a major photo contest.
69. Weight lift 300 lb.
70. In gymnastics, hold an Iron Cross on the rings, work the side horse, do a somersault off the high bar, and be able to work the parallel bars.
71. Become an expert mechanic, obtain a trade tech degree if possible.
72. Be an expert trouble shooter on carburetor and ignition systems.
73. Possess good working knowledge of electricity, electric motors, electronic circuitry.
74. Become a certified scuba diver.
75. Study geology and geography. Obtain a degree if possible.
76. Organize bicycle tours to European countries.
77. Head up a wholesale travel organization, specializing in three classes of tours: (1) The rugged and adventurous types like river trips and other outdoor adventures; (2) economy tours for the average citizen; (3) exclusive and deluxe tours for the affluent.
78. Begin a national magazine called World Wide Expeditions. It's contents will deal with man's discoveries - past and present, his achievements, his every day doings and knowledge of all types.
79. Produce adventure, and educational films, and become a lecturer.
80. Market educational films, film strips, maps, records, tapes, and all other such information to schools.
81. Become a member of the Adventurer Club of Los Angeles.
82. Run El Sumidaro Canyon on the Rio Grijalva River in Mexico.
83. Lead a float expedition down the Usumacinta River. (This river forms the border between Guatemala and Mexico.)
84. Visit the Indians living at the tip of South America.
85. Visit at least 30 major archaeological sites in Central and South America.
86. Become an accomplished guitarist.
87. Learn to play the piano well.
88. Learn to compose and transpose music.
89. Learn to play the Zither.
90. Become proficient with banjo, ukulele, concertina and harmonica.
91. Build my own home.
92. Visit the archaeological site of Huiyuk.
93. Build a cattle ranch.
94. Go deep sea fishing.
95. Visit the islands of Micronesia.
96. Explore the jungles of New Guinea.
97. Live with a primitive tribe of people.
98. Ride a camel across the desert with Bedouin tribesmen.
99. Ride an elephant.
100. Become acquainted with Jewish history.
101. Learn Judo.
102. Receive a Black Belt in Karate.
103. Try to ascertain the truth of a world wide conspiracy which manipulates men and nations like pawns on a chess board.
104. Climb Navajo Mountain. (Utah)
105. Walk across Death Valley.
106. Start a boy's ranch or camp.
107. Finish the restoration of my 1931 Model A Ford.
108. Start a school which teaches outdoor survival, leadership, group and self dependency, endurance, faith in God.
109. Visit the Egyptian pyramids.
110. Finish the construction of a model airplane and fly it.
111. Build a race car and engine from scratch.
112. Learn to use a spinning wheel.
113. Weave my own cloth from sheep's wool.
114. Learn how to make paper as the early colonists did.
115. Restore at least one more antique car.
116. Learn how to do body and fender work and paint.
117. In Salt Lake, construct a museum to house discoveries, technical knowledge, and natural history.
118. Learn the Moorse Code.
119. Receive a ham radio operator's license.
120. Make an electric motor.
121. Learn to weld.
122. Build trailers of all types: utilities, flatbeds, lowboys, enclosed.
123. Manufacture heavy duty trucks.
124. Receive a degree in accounting.
125. Receive a degree in banking and finance.
126. Visit Devil's Island - the French Penal colony.