ABOUT ME

Free Spirit

Climbing Mountains Outside is Climbing Mountains Inside

7*8000+ summits in the Himalayas without oxygen

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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Getting deeper into the real spirit of the places I visit. Learning and growing through the people I meet. Giving back as much as I can.

Interests

• arts
• photography
• running
• reading
• alpinism
• kayaking
• mountaineering
• sailing
• skiing
• mountains
• forests
• spirituality
• himalayas
• mindfulness
• climbing
• mountain climbing
• mountainbiking
• antropology
• advocacy
• conservation
• environmentalism
• alpine climbing
• skitouring
• leadership
• environmental protection
• trad climbing
• sportclimbing
• highaltitudeclimbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Music - Icaros
Book - Siddhartha/Hermann Hesse
Movie - Baraka

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Built three schools in Nepal after the 2015 earthquake. 251 children are learning now there.

Teach, Learn, Share

Mountains are to be climbed not only with ice tools and crampons, which we all can have; but above everything else with humbleness.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My 17 years experience up the world highest mountains, mainly the Himalayas.
My environmental/social advocacy and activism experience.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Nepal, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States