Seth’s World View

Visit a developing country (Uganda & Rwanda, May 2010)
Craft pottery on a wheel (Winter 2009)
Attend a world premiere for a movie (The Return of the King, December 1, 2003)
Run first 5K race (Bill Walters Memorial, May 2001)
Run first 10K race (Bolder Boulder, May 2001)
Run first half-maraton (Bolder Backroads, Sept 2001)
Run first marathon (Big Sur International Marathon, April 28, 2002)
Run first race overseas (Wellington Half Marathon, Jan 19, 2004)
Graduate from college (Messiah College, Communications, May 18, 1998)
Cross-country road trip (Summer 1998)
Go outside the US (Niagra Falls, Canada many years ago)
Go to Mexico (Tijuana, March 2003)
Go overseas (New Zealand, Nov 2003 – July 2004)
Work overseas (Fujitsu New Zealand, Jan-June 2004)
Longest solo travel (South Island New Zealand, 27 days, June-July 2004)
Hike a fourteener (Mt. Huron 14,005 ft, June 23rd, 2001)
Hike 2nd highest peak in continental US (Mt. Elbert 14,443, summer 2001)
Most notable near-death experience – hiking Mt. Huron during oncoming thunderstorm
First multi-day backpacking trip (SALT House hike, Allegheny National Forest, Aug 1997)
Most arduous backpacking trip (Southern Crossing, North Island New Zealand, March 2004)
Sea Kayak (Abel Tasman NP, 4-day trip over Easter 2004)
Be a camp counselor (Lakeside Christian Camp, summer 1996)
First time at summer camp (Lakeside Christian Camp, summer 1996)
Preach a sermon/teaching (a few times in Erie and at two summer camps)
Do Open Air preaching (Open Air Campaigners, spring break 1996)
Do street evangelism (Inner-city Harrisburg, spring 1995)
First time being a leader (2nd year of college: Class Senator, Outreach Team Leader, Small Group Leader)
Visited National Parks USA (Appalachian Trail, Arches, Black Canyon Of The Gunnison, Bryce Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns, Gettysburg, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Great Sand Dunes, Hovenweep, Kings Canyon, Lincoln Memorial, Mammoth Cave, Mesa Verde, Rocky Mountain, Sequoia, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Yellowstone, Zion)
Visited National Parks NZ (Tongariro, Abel Tasman, Fiordland, Aoraki/Mount Cook, Paparoa)
States I’ve Been In (39 + DC: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
Own a dog (Springer)
Have a fishtank (with fish!)
Gone fishing (many times)
Go deer hunting (once with my bro Phil)
Moved permanently away from hometown (grew up near Erie, PA)
First photos published (Messiah College Yearbook 1998)
First article published (Christ is the Answer)
First ‘real’ caving experience (New Zealand, Feb 2004)
Have dinner with presidential candidate and war hero (Col. Bo Gritz)
Be in a national television audience (Rush Limbaugh Show, fall 1994)
Be a paid radio disk jockey (WCTL, summer 1998)
Best concert experience – Chick Corea (Erie, PA, summer 1999)
Best man in a wedding (my best friend Joel, Sept 16, 2001)
Live in inner-city (York, PA)
Longest single flight – 12 hours (From LA to Auckland, NZ, Nov 16, 2003)
Longest day of driving by myself – 19 hours (June 2003)
Create my own website (dupre.thunderbeach.net, fall 1999)
Be paid to create an entire website (www.markjamesphoto.com, April 2005)
Be on the ground floor of an emerging company (CPS, 2005)
Work for high school (Rocky Mountain High School)
Work for university while not attending (National Technological University)
Go on business trip with expenses paid (National Technological University, 2000)
Work for internationally-known company (Fujitsu NZ, 2004)
Go to NFL game (Miami Dolphins @ Denver Broncos, Dec 2004)
Go to NBA game (Cleveland Caveliers @ Utah Jazz, March 31st, 2001)
GO to NHL game (Calgary Flames @ Colorado Avalanche, Feb 2001)
Go to MLB game (Cleveland Indians @ Colorado Rockies, June 2002)
Be part of concert stage crew (Caedmon’s Call, Whiteheart, Jars of Clay, Audio Adrenaline)
Be part of theatre stage crew (The School for Scandal at Messiah College, spring 1998)
Have an international bank account (ANZ Bank of New Zealand)
Be in an underground power station (Manapouri Power Station, New Zealand)
Go on all day boat cruise (Doubtful Sound, New Zealand, July 2004)
Ride a speedboat (Lakeside Christian Camp, summer 1996)
Own first computer (Commodore 16)
Own first car (1998 Ford Countour, Aug 1998)
Fly in small place, sit next to pilot, take pictures (Southern Alps, July 2004)
Stand on glacier (Tasman Glacier, largest in New Zealand, July 2004)
Learn guitar (fall 1996)
Take voice lessons (fall 1997)
Sing in gospel choir (Messiah College United Voices of Praise, fall 1998)
First karaoke experience (Paul Simon’s You Can Call Me Al, summer 2000)
Give speech in front of 2000 people (Election speech, April 1997)
Write for local paper (The Rooster, Fall 2001)
Live in coed community house (SALT House, Messiah College, 1997-1998)
Most addictive video game experience (Ultima IV on Commodore 64 for one summer)
Go ice skating (winter 1994)
First fantasy football championship against friends (Mountain Rockers, 2004)
Most satisfying fantasy football championship (The Lombardi League, 2005)
Take class in ancient language (Hebrew, fall 1994)
Learn second language and forget most of it (Spanish)
First significant contest winnings ($100 from Captain Crunch cereal)
Accepted Jesus as my Lord and Saviour (when I was 5, led by my mom)