Traveling through Japan and Vietnam until October!

"Nothing lasts, but nothing is lost." Terrence McKenna

"It is always so early in here, before the crossroads, before the irrevocable choices. Thank you for this life! Still I miss the alternatives. The sketches, all of them, want to be made real." Tomas Tranströmer

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet, teach, learn.

Interests

I love being outdoors and enjoy climbing, backpacking, diving, hiking, kayaking, swimming, and exploring. I also love music (bonus points if you check out my band :) https://greatgrandpa.bandcamp.com/) reading, watching movies, and meeting new people.

• cooking
• movies
• reading
• music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• backpacking
• kayaking
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• sailing
• skiing
• rock climbing
• swimming
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: Murakami, Nabokov, Vonnegut, Dostoevsky, Tranströmer, Bradbury, Alexie.

Just to name a few!

Music: Billie Holiday, Modest Mouse, Led Zeppelin, Django Reinhardt, David Byrne/Talking Heads, and and and

Movies: A Serious Man, the Matrix, When Harry Met Sally, the Wedding Singer, Adaptation, Synecdoche NY.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Snorkeling with a pod of dolphins in Hawaii, diving with sharks in the outer Great Barrier Reef, watching a baby being born in Sierra Leone.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: Various outdoor skills and knowledge of Pacific Northwest forests, plant foraging etc. I also am a fairly experienced scuba diver and backpacker.

Learn: I want to learn how to ski and sail. I also am always looking to learn to cook new foods and learn new languages!

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Netherlands, Sierra Leone, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United States