CURRENT MISSION

To explore the mountains of NZ and live the good life in Wanaka - hiking, splitboarding, mountaineering and rock climbing.

ABOUT ME

Traveller, Adventurer, Snowboarder, Surfer, Rock climber, Bodyboarder, Scientist, Music-lover.

PHILOSOPHY

Lead an examined life
To live life is to risk it

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

By hosting travellers from all different cultures and nationalities across the globe and by donating to CS to keep this amazing idea alive so all travellers/backpackers can experience how great CS is. I forever strive to be a great host and surfer, I am always courteous, clean and considerate and wish to bring enrichment to people's lives where I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed - Switzerland, USA and Canada, hopefully many more to come
Hosted - England, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Austria, Malta, USA, Liechtenstein, Canada, Poland, France, Denmark, Norway, Turkey, Germany, Israel, Switzerland, Wales

Interests

Travelling like an absolute maddog. Any adventure stuff - Camping/Backpacking trips, Surfing, Running, Ocean Swimming, Snowboarding, Motorcycling, Rock climbing, Mountain biking. I enjoy learning like a sponge by reading books, listening to podcasts and talking to fellow humans. Also love music and hanging out with great people and enjoying life's great moments.

• running
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• backpacking
• camping
• surfing
• scuba diving
• sailing
• skiing
• snowboarding
• rock climbing
• swimming
• science
• road trips
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - M83, Radiohead, Crystal Castles, LCD Soundsystem, James Blake, Hot Chip, Bon Iver, Destroyer, Mars Volta, Bjork, Sigur Ros, Portishead, Memory Tapes, The Rapture, Gang Gang Dance, Bloc Party, Digitalism, Cut Copy, Vampire Weekend, Royksopp...Movies - Drive, True Grit, Donnie Darko, Inglourious Basterds, The Fighter, Hot Fuzz, 50/50, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Shaun of the Dead, Into the Wild, District 9, The Big Lebowski, Superbad and shitloads of killer docos Books - Let My People Go Surfing, Deep Survival, Jupiter's Travels, Born to Run, Arabian Sands, The Alchemist

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Completed a 37,000km motorcycle loop of South America, Cycled 1700km solo in the US (Glacier NP, Montana to Central Utah), Summited 10 volcanoes in Central America, Motorbike loop of Sabah, Borneo, Diving the surreal underwater worlds in Komodo (Indonesia), Honduras and Sipadan (Borneo), Many killer camping/road trips of Iceland, Hawaii and the national parks of USA, Seeing the mighty glaciers and creatures of Alaska, Motorbiking in Vietnam, Sailing down the Nile, China's madness, Partying in Thailand, Exploring deserted islands and epic temples in Cambodia, Tubing in Laos, Trekking the Great Wall of China, Pyramids at Giza, Snowboarding mental powder in Nelson, Revelstoke & Jackson Hole...

Teach, Learn, Share

Am always looking to learn more about the world, to improve my skillset, so whatever interesting stuff you guys are into I'd be keen to hear about and learn from.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Local knowledge about good missions to do in the mountains and good swimming spots on the lake and rivers

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Peru, United Kingdom

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