My Bucket List

Last updated October 2025.

This is my bucket list of major adventures I would love to do.

Volcanoes I would like to climb…

I love climbing volcanoes and have so far summited 35 major volcanoes, including four of the volcanoes on the Volcanic Seven Summits list.

  • Climb remaining volcanoes from the Volcanic Seven Summits. I have been to the summits of Kilimanjaro (Africa), Mt. Damavand (Asia), Pico Orizaba (North America) and Ojos del Salado (South America).
  • Norwegian volcanoes (well, there is only one)
  • Icelandic volcanos. I have been to the summit of a number of major volcanoes in Iceland, but I still need these two iconic summits.
    • Climb Eyjafjallajökull, the ice cap above Eyjafjöll (1,666 m / 5,466 ft), the volcano which disrupted air traffic in 2010 . I plan to do the climb with Icelandia.
    • Climb Hvannadalshnjúkur, the ice cap above Öræfajökull summit crater (2,110 m / 6,920 ft, highest point in Iceland).
  • Japanese volcanoes:
    • Climb Mt. Fuji (3,776 m / 12,388 ft, highest mountain in Japan).
    • Climb Mt. Aso (1,592 m / 5,223 ft, largest active volcano in Japan).
    • Climb Mt. Norikura (3,025 m / 9,926 ft, third-highest in Japan).
    • Climb Mt. Kusatsu-Shirane (2,165 m / 7,103 ft).
  • Philippine volcanoes:
    • Climb Mt. Mayon (2,463 m / 8,081 ft, most active volcano in The Philippines).
    • Climb Mt. Apo (2,954 m / 9,692 ft, highest volcano in The Philippines).
    • Climb Mt. Pinatubo (1,486 m / 4,875 ft).
  • New Zeeland volcanoes:
    • Climb Mt. Taranaki (2,518 m / 8,261 ft, second highest mountain in the North Island).
    • Climb Mt. Ruapehu (2,797 m / 9,177 ft, highest volcano in New Zealand, highest mountain in the North Island).
  • Indonesia has many magnificent volcanoes. The ones I would like to climb are:
    • Climb Gunung Kerinci (3,805 m / 12,484 ft, Central Sumatra, highest volcano in Indonesia).
    • Climb Gunung Semeru (3,676 m / 12,060 ft, East Java, highest mountain on Java).
    • Climb Mount Merapi (2,910 m / 9,550 ft, East Java).
    • Climb Gunung Tambora (2,850 m / 9,350 ft, Sumbawa).
    • Climb Gunung Dempo (3,142 m / 10,308 ft, Sumatra, highest in South Sumatra).
    • Climb Gunung Agung (3,031 m / 9,944 ft, Bali).
    • Climb Gunung Rinjani (3,726 m / 12,224 ft, Lombok).
    • Climb Gunung Bromo (2,329 m / 7,641 ft, East Java, most active on Java).
  • Chilean volcanoes:
    • Climb Volcán Llullaillaco (6,739 m / 22,110 ft).
    • Climb Volcán Paniri (5,960 m / 19,550 ft).
    • Climb Volcán Putana (5,884 m / 19,304 ft).
    • Climb Volcán Lanín (3,747 m / 12,293 ft).
    • Climb Volcán Osorno (2,652 m / 8,701 ft).
  • Bolivian volcanoes:
    • Climb Volcán Parinacota (6,380 m / 20,930 ft).
    • Climb Volcán Uturuncu (6,008 m / 19,711 ft).
    • Climb Volcán Irruputuncu (5,163 m / 16,939 ft).
  • Ecuadorian volcanoes. I have already climbed Cotopaxi and other major volcanoes in the country. I missed the highest one:
    • Climb Volcán Chimborazo (6,268 m / 20,565 ft, highest mountain in Ecuador, summit is farthest point on earth from its center).
  • Peruvian volcanoes:
    • Climb Volcán Chachani (6,057 m / 19,872 ft, easiest 6000+ mountain according to SummitPost).
    • Climb Volcán Ampato (6,288 m / 20,630 ft).
    • Climb Volcán Misti (5,822 m / 19,101 ft).
  • Columbian volcanoes:
    • Climb Volcán Nevado del Huila (5,364 m / 17,598 ft, highest volcano in Columbia).
    • Climb Volcán Nevado del Tolima (5,276 m / 17,310 ft, third highest volcano in Columbia).
  • Russian volcanoes on Kamchatka Peninsula and Kuril Islands:
    • Climb Kluchevskaya Sopka (4,754 m / 15,597 ft).
    • Climb Avachinskiy volcano (2,741 m / 8,993 ft).
    • Climb Mt. Alaid (2.285 m / 7.497 ft).
    • Climb Krenitsin Peak in Tao-Rusyr Caldera (1325 m / 4.347 ft).
    • Climb Fussa Peak (1772 m / 5,814 ft).
  • Alaskan volcanoes. In 2024 I flew to Saint Augustine Island in my Alaskan Super Cub and climbed the volcano from where I landed. I would love to do such ‘fly and climb’ adventures with more Alaskan volcanoes.
    • Fly into and climb Mt. Aniakchak (1,341 m / 4,400 ft, 10 km wide caldera).
    • Fly into and climb Mt. Katmai (2,047 m / 6,716 ft).
    • Fly into and climb Pavlof and Pavlof Sister (2,515 m / 8,251 ft).
    • Fly into and climb Edgecumbe volcano (976 m / 3,201 ft).

Hikes I would love to do…

  • Hike the Traumpfad Trail across the Alps from Munich to Venice. The Traumpfad trail is 550 km. long and is typically done in 28 stages.
  • Hike the O-Circuit trail around Torres del Paine in Patagonia, Chile.
  • Hike the Snowman Trek in Bhutan.
  • Hike the K2 Base Camp Trek in Parkistan.
  • Hike The Milford Trek in New Zealand (4 days, 54 km).
  • Hike the Alta Via 2 in the Dolomites (160 km, 7-14 days, 11.884 meters up, 11.423 meters down).
  • Hike through Samaria Gorge in Crete, one of the longest gorges in Europe.
  • Hike Angels Landing Trail in Zion NP (8 km round trip, 460 meters up and down, permit required).
  • Hike to the summet of Mt. Whitney, highest point in Lower 48 (36 km round trip, 1873 meters up and down, permit required).
  • Bicycle the 1240 km. long Carretera Austral in Patagonia, Chile.
  • Bicycle the 64 km long “Camino de la Muerte” from La Paz in Bolivia, the road descends more than 3,600 meters.

Diving…

I have already dived at many places around the globe, including Denmark, Norway (Lofoten), Iceland (Silfra and Strytan), Spain (Tenerife), France (Corsica), Canada (Vancouver Island), USA (Puget Sound and Monteray), Mexico (Cenotes on Yucatan), Brasil (Fernando De Noronha), The Maldives, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Indonesia, The Philippines, Thailand, Egypt (Red Sea), French Polynesia (Bora Bora, Rangiroa, Fakarava) and Cook Islands (Rarotonga).

These are some of the diving destinations I would love to visit for diving:

  • Dive Raja Ampat Islands in Indonesia, the soft coral capital of the world. October to May is the best diving season, with lower rainfall, calmer seas, and better visibility.
  • Dive Socorro Islands in Mexico. For Hammerhead sharks and other pelagic animals. Typically reached by liveaboard from Cabo San Lucas on the southern tip of Baja California. The season is between November and May.
  • Dive Cocoa Island on a live aboard out of Costa Rica. Highlights are whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, shark action, dolphins, manta rays, schooling fish & big pelagics. August and September are the 2 most popular months.
  • Dive the Galapagos Islands.
  • Dive Fiji, one of the best places to see soft corals. Season is year round, but best time is at the end of the dry season from October to November.
  • Dive Palau in combination with a trip to Yap. Palau is famous for its drift dives, plentiful sharks, mantas, beautiful walls and colorful reef fish. Palau has fantastic diving year round, high season with the best visibility and the calmest sea is from December to March. Yap is a hotspot for manta rays and other sharks year round.
  • Dive Browning Pass and God’s Pocket of British Columbia in Canada, one of the richest, most diverse underwater ecosystems in North America.
  • Join a live aboard in the Maldives. I have been to the Maldives three times during many dives, but only from resorts catering for divers.
  • Dive waters around Komodo Island from a liveaboard. Liveaboard boats typically depart from Labuan Bajo. The season for Manta Rays is from November to April. The season for best visibility is from May to October.
  • Dive the Kelp Forests of the Channel Islands, California. Best time is late summer or early fall.
  • Swim with Orcas on a trip out of Trumsø. November to mid January.
  • Dive Saltstraumen near Bodø, Norway. Strongest tidal current in the world. Loads of fish, fluttering kelp forests, colorful anemones. Late summer.
  • Dive the caves at Gozo, Malta. This would also be a good opportunity to take the Padi Deep Diver course allowing dives to 40 meters.

Solar Eclipses I would love to see…

I have so far experienced five solar eclipses. And once you have seen one, you start planning to see more!

  • I plan to see the August 12, 2026 total solar eclipse from Iceland. Because the path of totality passes just west of Iceland, and because the weather will most likely be cloudy I plan to see the eclipse from air in my Diamond 42.
  • I plan to see the August 2, 2027 total solar eclipse from south of Malaga (august 2027) where a friend of mine has a vacation house. Or from Oran in Algeria which lies directly on the center line.
  • I plan to see the July 22, 2028 total solar eclipse from Sydney, Australia. The center line runs right through the most populous city in Australia!
  • I plan to see the November 25, 2030 total solar eclipse from just south of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. In Windhoek totality will start early morning when the sun is only 17 degrees over the horizon.
  • I do not plan to see the November 14, 2031 total solar eclipse.
  • I plan to see the March 30, 2033 total solar eclipse from Nome in Alaska. Nome lies right on the center line.

Flying…

I have already flown in Denmark (including Faeroe Islands and Greenland), Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Germany, Poland, France, Czech Republic, Italy, England, United States, Canada, Mexico and Bahamas. I have flown around North Cape in Norway, crossed the Greenland Ice Cap, flown over Grand Canyon numerous times, flown to the southern tip of Baja California and back, flown forth and back between Lower 48 and Alaska two times, crossed Mexico from San Felipe in Baja California to the Gulf of Mexico and visited Bahamas out from Florida. And I still have many long distance flights I would love to do.

In my Diamond 42, registration OY-JNK, out of Roskilde, Denmark…

In my Cessna 185, registration N7595Q, out of wherever I find a hangar in US or Canada…

  • Fly all the way up to Resolute Bay via Churchill (northbound) and via Pingualuit Crater and Goose Bay (southbound). I plan to do this trip while Beluga whales flock around Churchill in Hudson Bay (scheduled for June 2025).
  • Fly into and tent at the annual Oshkosh Airshow at Wittman Regional Airport, Wisconsin (KOSH), typically held last full week of July.
  • Fly The Caribbean from Florida to Trinidad via Bahamas (independent country), Turks and Caicus Islands (UK), Dominican Republic (independent country), Puerto Rico (USA), British Virgin Islands (UK), United States Virgin Islands (USA), Anguilla (UK), Saint Martin (France), Sint Maarten (The Netherlands), Saint Kitts and Nevis (independent country), Antigua and Barbuda (independent country), Montserrat (UK), Guadeloupe (France), Dominica (independent country), Martinique (France), Saint Lucia (independent country), Barbados (independent country), Saint Vincent and the Granardines (independent country), Grenada (independent country), Trinidad and Tobago (independent country).
  • Fly down through Latin America and the west coast of South America to Patagonia.

And the ultimate long distance flight:

Hot Air Ballooning…

I got my Hot Air Balloon license in 2006 and have so far flown in Denmark, Sweeden, Norway (Svalbard), Germany, Poland, Italy (The Alps), Austria, Slovenia, United States and Japan.

I have flown to 27.000 feet, I have flown above the Alps and I have flown low-level over Kastrup Intl. during the covid-19 pandemia.

  • For ten years I have joined Hot Air Balloon festivals in the Alps. I have many hours flying above the Alps, my dream is still to fly all the way over the Alps from North to South.

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