The life of Nick Kaiser was full of interesting adventures of all sorts beyond the contributions to astrophysics for which he is best known. He was an accomplished marathon and ultramarathon runner, an avid hiker, and always up for adventures of all sorts. Nick never finished high school on account of some chemistry experiments not fully appreciated by those in charge. Nevertheless, he made it to the University of Cambridge, where he received a PhD under Martin Rees. Kaiser went on to make numerous important contributions to cosmology.