Too bad more parents arent this proactive and involved in their kids lives. ( although here they would probably be charged with child endangerment and cruelty...)
A couple determined not to let their two daughters become couch potatoes set them 100 outdoor challenges to complete - in just one year. Kerry and Tim Meek were eager to get daughters Amy,10 and Ella, eight, out of the habit of watching television and playing games. So the parents from Arnold, Nottinghamshire, challenged their children and themselves to complete the gruelling activities in just 365 days. Walking on high ropes, foraging for food, snorkeling and cliff jumping were among some of the daring challenges which the family completed on Saturday after spending the night in a suspended tent tied between two trees. Mr and Mrs Meek also wanted to test their daughter’s social skills by encouraging them to get up in front of the school to announce a bake sale they were holding to raise funds for a charity - the aim of another task to stand up for a cause.
Mr Meek, 44, said the family had taken on their 'year of adventures' to encourage a positive mindset. 'This is something we have been doing every weekend, regardless of the season. 'We started from scratch, Kerry and I are not very adventurous people and as our kids have grown older we have wanted to give them that mindset that means they don’t want to sit in front of a TV or computer game all the time. 'Now the girls instigate the ideas themselves and they are determined to sleep on a mountain, which one day we will do.' 'We don’t force them not to watch it but now they just don’t so much. 'We want them to be confident and outgoing people
The 100 things they did:
1. Slacklining (walking on a rope between two trees)
2. Scooter Safari
3. Caving
4. Spend the night in a hammock
5. Canoe down a river
6. Adventure led by the girls
7. Sleep in a wood
8. Watch rutting deer
9. Learn survival skills
10. Sleep on a beach
11. Forage for a meal
12. Support a cause (Comic Relief)
13. Snorkelling
14. Go for a reptile ramble
15. Find a private beach
16. Climb the Eiffel Tower
17. Kayak Safari
18. Camp in a city
19. Swim in a natural pool
20. Sleep in a cahutte
21. Coasteering
22. Orienteering race
23. Outdoor birthday party
24. Walk on high ropes
25. Make a rope swing
26. Sleep in a Bivvy-Bag
27. See a henge from sunset to sunrise
28. Sleep in a family-size sleeping bag
29. Kayaking
30. Community work
31. Climb and abseil
32. Sailing
33. Walk a peninsula
34. See a puffin
35. Watch wild seals
36. Play conkers
37. Go off-road hiking
38. Sleep in a shelter
39. Climb an epic summit
40. Camper-vanning
41. Cook and eat in the wild
42. Wake and run
43. Bivvy by a river
44. Tag team cycle trail
45. Learn a constellation
46. Whittle (carve) while you walk
47. Sub-zero camping
48. Snow walking
49. Floodlit swan feed
50. Discover local history
51. Find a summit
52. Go without electricity for 24 hours
53. Weaseling (climbing between gaps in rocks)
54. Night-time descent
55. Eat nettle soup
56. Enter a race
57. Explore rock pools
58. Cook on a beach
59. Dam a stream
60. Explore a cave
61. Explore a wreck
62. Find a waterfall
63. Take on the elements
64. Body-boarding
65. Wild river swim
66. Mountain biking
67. Going to the toilet outside
68. Go behind a waterfall
69. Coastal walk
70. Music festival
71. Visit a landmark
72. Walk to a tidal island
73. Sleep in an eco-tent
74. Spot red squirrels
75. Climb a ‘matterhorn’
76. Walk down a river
77. Geocaching (GPRS treasure hunting)
78. Clean a beach
79. Scramble
80. Walk around a city
81. Orienteering
82. Night-time wood walk
83. Snow hiking
84. Cook with snow
85. Visit a suspension bridge
86. Three peaks in three day
87. Climb a winter summit
88. Ghyll scrambling (walking through gorges)
89. Make meal for mum on Mother’s Day
90. Play in snowdrifts
91. Backpacking
92. Tracking and mapping
93. Visit London
94. Build a bridge
95. Crabbing
96. Night walk in a forest
97. Off-peak camping
98. Skiing
99. Climb indoors
100.Tentsile (hammock-like tent)
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