I grew up in northern Denmark, had a stint in the army with a tour to Iraq (the Basrah area) for six months, went to university in Aalborg to get a computer engineering degree and PhD. For about 18 months during my studies, I lived in San Diego, visiting University of California.

Then I quit university and rode from Denmark through Africa to Cape Town on motorcycles with my wife (check out our blog at http://acrux.dk/language/en). Now I work with industrial painting robots.

When I'm not doing geeky stuff, I do rock climbing (except we don't have any rocks in Denmark, so I train in our gym and go travelling to find rocks), I walk slacklines, play board games, ride my unicycle, am a volunteer lighting technician at concerts. I enjoy a good beer or three from time to time.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Hosting and surfing, depending on where I'm at, and what I'm doing. I've hosted a fair number of people so far. It's been good fun :-)

Interests

Rock climbing, circus things like unicycles and slacklines, board games, geeky computer stuff, travelling, beer, concert lighting, books, maps, motorcycles, being outdoors, lots of stuff.

I try to be interested in a little bit of everything.

• books
• concerts
• beer
• motorcycles
• board games
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• rock climbing
• cartography
• engineering
• volunteering
• castles
• libraries

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Fight Club, Into the Wild. I like many movies and I watch quite a few.

Music: A little bit of everything, though mainly rock (think Foo Fighters), singer-song writers (think Jack Johnson), and chill electronic music (think Moby and Groove Armada). Being the geek that I am, see the full stats here: http://www.last.fm/user/and_moe

Books: I used to read a lot, but unfortuantely not too much anymore. My all-time favorite is Orwell's 1984.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Rode a motorcycle from Denmark to Cape Town. 22000 kilometers, 22 countries.

Teach, Learn, Share

The longest word in the Danish language (according to Guinness Book of Records) is speciallægepraksisplanlægningsstabiliseringsperiode. 52 letters. I won't attempt to translate it here, but you can ask me when we meet.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Montenegro, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, San Marino, Scotland, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Denmark, Iraq, United States