The Bicycle Touring Pro’s 4×9 List
July 16, 2010 by Darren Alff
I saw this on Alastair Humphrey’s website. He saw it on Ben Saunders’. Now I’ll add to the experience by creating a list of my own.
Four jobs I’ve had in my life
- Editing room assistant (helping people learn to use high-tech video editing equipment)
- Bike shop mechanic (I lasted less than 4-hours before I quit. My boss wanted me to change my college class schedule in the middle of the semester so I could work more hours at his shop.)
- Mattress Salesman
- Paperboy
Four movies I can watch over and over
- Forrest Gump
- The Virgin Suicides
- Stone Reader
- A Map For Saturday
Four places I have lived
- Camarillo, California (Where I was born and raised)
- Orange, California (Where I went to college)
- Park City, Utah (Where I currently live)
- In my car (During college – for nearly a year)
Four TV programs I love to watch
- Seinfeld
- That 70′s Show
- Ancient Aliens (It’s a recent TV series. Does that count?)
- The Wonder Years
Four places I have been on holiday
- Mexico (with family)
- Hawaii (with family)
- Aruba (by myself)
- Europe (by myself)
Four websites I visit daily
- Digg
- PayPal
Four of my favorite foods
- Bean, Cheese & Rice Burritos
- Olive Pizza
- Any kind of ice cream
- Orange Juice
Four places I would rather be right now
- Outside
- Exploring someplace new
- Norway, Peru, China…
- Having a meaningful, thought-provoking conversation
What about you? Make your own list, publish it online and share the link in the comments below!
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I like it! Here’s my contribution on my fledgling website. Love that you lived in your car for a year Darren, I bet there is a story behind that! ?
http://cyclefar.com/blog/42-general/74-4×9
Darren,
I’ve never used Digg. Do you recommend it or is it another time-waster?
Al
Al, I don’t actually use Digg to promote my own websites. I just look at Digg for the headlines and to get ideas for articles, subjects, niches, etc.
I saw this comcept a long time ago but love it, its a great way to get a first impression of someone , blogs can be so boring without these kind of details:) Pleased I haven’t lived in a car for a year though….
Here’s mine:
http://www.shanecycles.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=55
Nice website Darren!!
Just gave my website a facelift and I think I broke the above link, feel free to delete it:)
Here’s one that works,,…… http://www.shanecycles.com/about/me/my-4×9-list (for now!)
Just watch your “thoughts in Athens” video, I find it interesting that you choose/chose several short stays instead of a through trip (do you have a link to your gold mining article:)), and that you’de rather travel in winter…….I’d rather drink 3-4 gallons of water a day than put my thermals on:)
Shane cycles Africa D-300
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