Amtrekker
Hey Team,
I’m an unemployed vagrant. All I have is a backpack full of technology, a shoestring budget and a very important list. When everything is crossed off my list I get to go home! Let me know if you want to trade one of those shoestrings for help. brett@amtrekker.com
See where Amtrekker's been for the last 506 days.
See where Amtrekker's been for the last 506 days.

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  1. Tube down a river
  2. Ride a horse through a covered bridge
  3. Sleep in a lighthouse
  4. Learn survival skills
  5. Enter a hot dog eating contest
  6. Walk to the top of the Empire State Building
  7. See a live taping of The Colbert Report
  8. See a game at Fenway Park
  9. Milk a cow on an Amish farm
  10. Wade through a cranberry bog
  11. Go into a coal mine
  12. Take part in a Civil War reenactment
  13. Race dirt bikes
  14. Make Moonshine
  15. Hitchhike
  16. Learn to Sail
  17. Try my hand at kiteboarding
  18. Pet a sloth
  19. Help out on a plantation
  20. Learn to run a 3 card monte game
  21. Tell Donald Trump "You're Fired."
  22. Be a guest on a talk show
  23. Hang gliding
  24. Be part of a stage illusion
  25. Be in a movie
  26. Experience Comic Con
  27. Go on a lobster boat
  28. SCUBA dive in the Atlantic
  29. Drive a race car
  30. Go to an obscure small town festival
  31. River kayak
  32. Geocache in all 48 contiguous states
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  33. Collect honey from a beehive
  34. Scale the lowest highest point in a state
  35. Arkansas Crater of diamonds state park and look for a diamond
  36. Ride the fastest roller coaster in the country
  37. Go through a hedge maze
  38. Catch a firefly
  39. Motorcycle Rally
  40. Ride a cow
  41. Sandboarding
  42. Ride an ostrich
  43. Create a crop circle
  44. Fly fishing
  45. Swamp boat ride with gators
  46. See a movie at the Alamo Draft House
  47. Tour the Crayola Factory
  48. Ben and Jerry's Flavor Graveyard
  49. See a Freak Show
  50. Hike to the bottom of the Grand Canyon


If you knock me on my butt, do I not bleed?:

Hey Team,

I’ve been in Ohio for a while now, but it’s been another one of those places where I’ve met a ton of amazing people that keep me so busy I don’t even have time to run away.

I even got to play a hard core game of broom ball the other day in which I managed not only to make a fool of myself but also to rip yet another hole in my soon to be retired pants and bleed down my own leg. Turns out broomball is kind of a misleading name. First of all…no brooms. What the crap’s up with that? Also people seem to get just as much enjoyment out of knocking you on your butt as they do hitting the ball. So, I’m going to propose the name “Wet-ass ball.” Any thoughts?

I have some footage of that too. I’m working on the sloth petting video right now, but hopefully I’ll be able to toss a wet-ass ball video up on the site shortly after that one.

Speaking of videos, you’ve probably noticed a few changes to the site this week…hence the slow down in stories. From now on the newest video will be the first thing you see on the homepage. And the thumbnails beneath that will be links to the six previous videos. The map, which was causing some problems with the homepage loading, has been relocated. Now there’s a link in the top right corner and a counter that shows how many days I’ve been trekking.

AND, this is just a baby change, but there are now links to the previous and next stories on the site so you don’t have to continually go back to the home page to see what else is happening! How convenient!

Okay, I want to keep chippin’ away at this video so you guys can see how awesome Mo is and tomorrow I’ll be starting my northbound travels in an effort to make it up to Toronto in the next couple days for some more list killing excitement. Wish me luck!

I’m done.

Brett.

Welcome to the wonderful world of the kindness of strangers:


Why NOT be a kind stranger?


This entry was posted on Monday, October 8th, 2007 at 9:35 pm.

3 Comments »

  1. Broomball is probably my favorite sport ever!

    Comment by Jess — October 9, 2007 @ 12:35 am

  2. What’s in Toronto? Cool Runnings!? I didn’t even see bobsledding on the list, but good for you, mon. Maybe while youre up in my homeland you should bungee jump - the highest jump in the US or canadia is over 200ft, 90 mins from montreal. Then hop your bloody, wet ass on that broom and let’s head to NJ to tackle that GD rollercoaster! wahhoooooooo!

    Comment by ilott the douchebag — October 9, 2007 @ 3:27 pm

  3. Nice title, you are the bard of amtrekking. I think that bungee jumping idea sounds pretty good.

    Comment by TheKendall — October 9, 2007 @ 4:13 pm

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