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Overview

  • 41 references 15 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Nepali, Spanish
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • Freelance Outdoor Instructor, Alpine Guide
  • Undergrad at University of Montana
  • From Boulder, Colorado, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

The study of life, from every conceivable angle

ABOUT ME

I'm a Mountain Climber and a Music Maker, a Soul Searcher and an Ass Shaker, I'm a Line-Walker and a Long Talker, a Life Lover and a Hand Chalker, I'm a Rhyme Writer, an Illusion Fighter, a Connection Junky and i'm sometimes Funky. I'm a Meditator and a Mediator, Soft Spoken and House-Broken. A Beer-Drinker and a Glass Clinker, a Sun Searcher and a Couch Surfer.

I Love Life.

I've walked all over the world and I can't see any difference. It's just people trying to get by. I'm one of those people and so are you. We're all tangled up in each others lives, we just don't notice all the time. I love to meet new people because they're my brothers and my sisters all over again.

PHILOSOPHY

If I had to pick one of the established philosophical traditions I would pick Buddhist philosophy because of its emphasis on compassion, personal development, wisdom, and consideration for other beings. That being said I strongly believe that everyone has their own path to follow and that everyone is at a different point in their own spiritual evolution and you must stay true to whatever makes sense for you at any particular moment. I love to talk about philosophy and hear other peoples views and experiences. I think that by sharing each of our personal philosophies with one another we can slowly get closer and closer to a unified view of the universe that makes sense to everyone and has the power to transform the world.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I LOVE the couchsurfing network. Anywhere I go I will host surfers or stay with them. To share stories, spaces, experiences and laughs with new and interesting people is what the system (and life) is all about.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Every person I've met through the community has been amazing. That speaks for itself.

Interests

Music. Hiking. Skiing. Rock Climbing. Ultimate Frisbee. Biking. Literature. Life. Love. Movies. Friends. People. TRAVEL. Mountains. Rivers. Playing Guitar. Sunrises. Sunsets. Books. The smell of wet pavement. Mountain Climbing. Rainbows. Hippies. Cats. TRAVEL.
It goes on and on...

  • cats
  • writing
  • books
  • literature
  • beer
  • instructor
  • movies
  • traveling
  • music
  • guitar
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • skiing
  • rock climbing
  • tourism
  • rivers
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Tombstone, City of God, Lonesome Dove, SHANTARAM, The Beatles, The Devil Makes Three, You Me and Everyone We Know. The Shock Doctrine. The Head and the Heart, The Wave, The Lord of the Rings etc. etc. etc...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The sun rises every single day of my life.

Teach, Learn, Share

At every moment you are a complete statement of your entire being, weather you realize it or not. Any thought or emotion that you feel can be felt by others however subtly.

Point Being: Be Happy, Be Present, Be Kind, and others will react to you the same way.

On a more mundane level I work as a mountain guide/ski instructor/rock climbing instructor and am happy to share any of that technical knowledge :D

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belize, Botswana, Chile, France, India, Namibia, Panama, Peru, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Zambia

Countries I’ve Lived In

Nepal, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Spain

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