Michael Guilfoil

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1. Carolyn Orcutt has backpacked to the base of five 8,000-meter peaks, including Everest and K2. She still has nine summits left on her life list. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review 2. Getting her photography published is one goal Teri Barr can check off her list. At left is her photo of Haystack Rock taken while-vacationing at Oregon's Cannon Beach. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review 3. 'There's nothing like a Harley,' says Don Kirby, 41, who plans to own one by his 50th birthday. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review 4. Unlike most organ recipients, Karen Weber chooses to maintain close ties with the family of her donor, Lori Olson, who died two years ago at age 26. Weber received a liver transplant. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

Life lists are important, says human resource consultant Jennifer Leake, "because we tend to be visual." Putting goals on paper "helps crystallize your image of where you want to be." Start the process by flexing your imagination. "No idea is too crazy, too wild or too impossible," says Leake. "Think big!"

Karen Weber figures her liver transplant gave her a second shot at life, and she plans to make the most of it. Weber's goals are to raise public awareness of the need for more organ donors "and to live a long, happy life, one day at a time." Her comments were among two dozen mailed to The Spokesman-Review and telephoned to Cityline.