CURRENT MISSION

To have stories, to be in beautiful places and to continue to learn what I can and teach what is needed.

ABOUT ME

In my summer I teach people, mostly high school age, how to backpack in the mountains as a team, how to resolve disputes, how to work on personal issues in a way that allows the team to function and, on some courses, I teach rock climbing skills. Rock climbing was my life until I got a wrist injury. It will be my life again soon enough, but until then I want to explore a part of the world that interests me but has no real good climbing: Central America.

PHILOSOPHY

Go go go. Stop stop stop. Repeat.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have no home, so I have no couch to offer. One day life will catch up with me and I will have a home and then I will host whoever should need or want.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

None. I sleep in the back of my truck:)

Interests

Rock climbing, swimming, biking, reading (fiction and non-fiction, foreign affairs, the economist), staying busy or watching movies.

• movies
• reading
• cycling
• backpacking
• skiing
• rock climbing
• swimming
• economics
• medicine
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I recently read "Mountains Beyond Mountains" and that was incredible. Music is disappearing from my life as I don't have an ipod or computer and have decided that buying CDs is keeping me from doing the things I love.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I saw a mind-shattering sunrise as I climbed a mountain in Chile.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have taught, in a professional role:
Rock Climbing/Rope work
Beginner Spanish
Navigation/Orienteering
Backcountry living skills
Group Dynamics

I'd Like to Learn:
Medicine and Treatment

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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