1.
Climb a tree.
2.
Roll down a really big hill At UC Berkeley on a lawn that I think doesn't exist anymore.
3.
Camp out in the wild4.
Build a den5.
Skim a stone -- you do mean
skip a stone, don't you?
6.
Run around in the rain7.
Fly a kite8.
Catch a fish with a net9.
Eat an apple straight from a tree10. Play conkers -No, but we made candles out of sky lupines, and dolls out of flowers,
11.
Throw some snow -- I think so. I don't remember for sure, but my experiences with snow before my 12th birthday wer few until we went to Philadelphia, where we arrived with mostly worn-out California clothes in the coldest winter in many years. I was eleven,
12.
Hunt for treasure on the beach13.
Make a mud pie14.
Dam a stream15. Go sledging - what is this?
We made sleds and raced them on dry grass hills.16.
Bury someone in the sand17. Set up a snail race -
We made snail hotels instead18.
Balance on a fallen tree - Or, perhaps, climb all over it and pretend it is a spaceship?
19.
Swing on a rope swing20. Make a mud slide --
but we made dry grass slides all the time21.
Eat blackberries growing in the wild -- well, wildly growing on the roadside, anyway
22.
Take a look inside a tree and make a little house in it
23.
Visit an island -- Brooks Island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, where my father was a worker on an archaeological dig.
24.
Feel like you’re flying in the wind25. Make a grass trumpet -- does this mean a
grass harmonica?26.
Hunt for fossils and bones27.
Watch the sun wake up28.
Climb a huge hill29. Get behind a waterfall -- how abou
t float down a river instead?
30.
Feed a bird from your hand31.
Hunt for bugs32.
Find some frogspawn33. Catch a butterfly in a net34. Track wild animals -- I had a kit to track wild animals but I mostly did dogs and
one or two raccoons35.
Discover what’s in a pond36.
Call an owl37.
Check out the crazy creatures in a rock pool38.
Bring up a butterfly39. -
Catch a crab 40.
Go on a nature walk at night41.
Plant it, grow it, eat it42.
Go wild swimming 43.
Go rafting. on inflatable rafts, on a calm river. Okay?
44.
Light a fire without matches -- it was a feeble little fire. But I made pretty good chert and obsidian tools.
45.
Find your way with a map and compass -- and I made maps too, showing rocks my best friend and I were finding in the wild part of neighborhood.
46.
Try bouldering (rock climbing outdoors but with safety mats and short drops) -No safety mats, though, just my adult cousin Lynn.
47.
Cook on a campfire48. Try abseiling -What the hell is this?
49. Find a geocache (use GPS and other navigational aides to locate hidden containers.) - I couldn't because there was no GPS.
50. Canoe down a river -- I
rafted in a river and
canoed in a lake. Good enough?
This is by way of personhead
madwriter and ultimately from the National Trust which I assume is in England.
Given the fact that so many of the things are directly related to the English countryside and wilderness, I am surprised that I was able to say I did so many.