The Benned List
The definitive list of life’s greatest experiences.
Live the list.
The Benned Mark — how we judge
Worth a trip. Unmissable. You book it within weeks and never forget it.
Worth a year. You plan your year around this. The high point of twelve months.
Worth a life. This changes who you are. Scarce by definition.
50 experiences · 11× ▲▲▲ · across 8 pillars, revised once a year on List Day.
The eight pillars
One arc, in order: from departing to coming home to yourself.
▲▲▲ Worth a life
The scarce top of the list
Mongolia overland, sleeping with nomads in a ger
Few places let you live inside a genuinely nomadic culture across a country with almost no roads.
Liveaboard diving in Raja Ampat
The single richest marine biodiversity on the planet, reachable only by living aboard for a week.
Swimming with orcas in northern Norway
Slipping into Arctic water beside hunting orcas is one of the most intense wildlife encounters a person can have.
Haute Route, Chamonix–Zermatt
The classic high traverse from Mont Blanc to the Matterhorn is a rite of passage in the alpine world.
The Founder’s Run
The list, lived — one experience at a time, documented in full.
Not influencer vlogging but editorial documentation: a film, a written guide and an honest account of every experience as it is checked off — sketched from the field journal. The proof that the list is real.
Meet the founder