Trying to find a list of hard things to accomplish

The reality is hard is relative. Things that are hard for you may be easy for me and vice versa. Mandarin Chinese is considered to be the hardest language for an English speaking person to learn. But if you already speak six languages then it will be a lot easier for you to learn than it would be for me, who speaks about one and a quarter languages. Similarly, running a six minute mile may be a simple jog for some people but beyond the realms of possibility for others.

As others have pointed out your financial situation can also have a distinct effect. Climbing Mount Everest is not technically difficult. With about a year's fitness training and some basic climbing skills most healthy adults have the capability to do it. The problem is raising the $45,000 or so plus airfares plus equipment it takes to do it. Ditto travelling to either the North or South Poles. With enough money you can buy all the support and expertise you need. A real challenge would be to do these solo and unsupported.

Finally, what do you mean by hard? Do you mean taking a skill you currently have and pushing it way further than you ever have before. For example, I enjoy swimming, I am going to try to swim the English Channel. Or do you mean something that you are totally useless at but will try to establish a reasonable competency at? For example, I am tone deaf and have terrible hand coordination. I am going to learn to play six musical instruments.

Only you can draw up the list based on what your interpretation of hard is and what you feel is a true accomplishment.

Finishing the Barkley Marathons should be on the list.

This comment deserves way more credit than it’s given. Lmao

cotton shirt wrote:

climb the highest peak on all five continents.

How about seven continents instead of five?

And from climbing perspective, only Everest is considered hard. And eight-thousander is much tougher.

[quote]list of things that are hard to do wrote:

list of things that are hard to do:

Releasing dirt on the Clinton's and surviving.

Being a journalist in Russia.

Not forgetting to pay for the 32 dollar tea.

Being a american and running under 2:10 for the marathon.

Running under 13 minutes for 5000m (14:17.05).

Running under 27 minutes for 10000m (29:05.07).

Running a half marathon in under one hour (1:08:25).

Running a marathon under 2 hours (not happening).

Running 200 miles in a week. (148 is the closest I have ever got).

Being Jon Jones and not passing your drug test. (Clean 210 days).

Swimming around the UK. (Swimming the channel?).

Getting a girl's number when your BMI is under 20. (I was a ladies man back in the day easy one).

Doing 30 strict pull ups (I have done this a number of times in the military with people strictly judging my performance).

Check out Mike Boyd's videos on youtube about learning and training to do various things. Some include manualing a bike, cold water swimming, musclesups, doing a backflip, holding your breath for 4 minutes, riding a backwards steering bike,

shattering glass with you voice, and many more. He has a long list of ideas that he's done and constantly gets suggestions from others.

https://m.youtube.com/user/microboyd/videos

do the samoeng loop on mountain bike same day. it's 70 miles in the mountains. go all the way to samoeng. see map below.

7 am start. ..5-6 pm finish. superstars can finish at 3 pm.

rest 1 hour in your hotel room.

go to yellow bar in chiang mai for 4 beers, not more than 5

go for a 2 hour massage.

bed before midnight.

https://www.travelhysteria.com/samoeng-loop-around-chiang-mai-thailand/

https://www.google.com/search?q=samoeng+loop&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS814US815&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDjoSpvozgAhXYGTQIHR73B8QQ_AUIDygC&biw=1536&bih=723

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Samoeng_Loop

maybe it's 80 miles....

this is the best ride ever...

mind you, the last kms made be rethink my sanity ...

you want that little rest and then get just a little tipsy.

after the massage, it's total exhaustion and relaxation.

next day, you're in heaven, because you're the man, woman,

for sure.

Somewhat running related:

A 12 mile ruck with 40lbs in under 2:00. That’s 10min a mile.

Can you do it?

Alan

djhdjlahsdjh wrote:

I've had one of the most frustrating Google searches of my life today.

I've been trying to a list or blog of bucket list accomplishments considered to be hard:

An example, climbing Everest, completing a phd, running 100 milers.

I'm just curious of whats out there and is considered some really hard things that most people dont achieve.

As Teddy Roosevelt mentioned, live the strenuous life.

You would not believe how hard this is to google search. There's literally no searches returning what I'm looking for. Someone help me out here.

It's hard to be me. I don't think anyone else could do it.

Some of the things mentioned are mostly about showing up.

Lots of people get dragged up Mt Everest.

Lots of people get PhDs in relatively weak areas, so it’s mostly about the money to throw at it.

Run a sub 5:00 mile and Deadlift 2x your body weight within the same week. That’s hard. Requires training.

Win on Jeopardy. That’s hard. Requires training and luck.

Alan

track chick wrote:

The thing is that some things will be difficult to different people.

Write and publish a book. Not a poem, not a short story, but a book.

Completing a 100 miler would be difficult, but I don't believe it's outside of the realms of possibility for most healthy and fit adults. Especially if jogging and walking is involved.

Visit all 7 continents.

Go to the north pole and the south pole.

Get a letter published in a newspaper.

Live in the wild for a week.

Race 100, 200, 400, 800, 1500 and 3000 in one track meeting. Plus the hurdles. So all track events.

High jump more than your height.

Learn to ride a BMX.

Travel on foot to your nearest land barrier.

Define “live in the wild”?. We talking make your own shelter and find your own food? Or are we talking bring your food? The latter is not at all difficult. Give me a box of MREs and a HMMWV and I’m good.

Alan

From the shadows wrote:

Climbing Everest is expensive but easy. Climbing K2 is also expensive but way more difficult. Real climbers can see the huge difference between both.

Go climb Mount Logan in Canada but via the Hummingbird Ridge.

Running a 100 miler? It ain't that hard (not easy though either) but very doable with training. Go run Volstate.

Why does it have to be super hard? Why not just epic experiences:

Hike the PCT and the AT

Go spend time in south America or eastern Africa

Sail from Patagonia to Australia

My favorite quote, by Theodore Roosevelt:

“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing if it means effort, pain or difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led a hard life. I have envied a great many people who led easy lives and led them well.”

list of things that are hard to do wrote:

list of things that are hard to do:

Releasing dirt on the Clinton's and surviving.

Being a journalist in Russia.

Not forgetting to pay for the 32 dollar tea.

Being a american and running under 2:10 for the marathon.

Running under 13 minutes for 5000m

Running under 27 minutes for 10000m

Running a half marathon in under one hour

Running a marathon under 2 hours

Running 200 miles in a week.

Being Jon Jones and not passing your drug test.

Swimming around the UK.

Getting a girl's number when your BMI is under 20.

Doing 30 strict pull ups

Using apostrophes correctly also seems to be a pretty big challenge.