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Overview

  • 8 references 3 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Spanish
  • 37, Male
  • Member since 2005
  • wilderness guide
  • ba, some grad courses (counseling)
  • From Wisconsin!
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

grow, learn, connect the dots (and people!)

ABOUT ME

I'm a very easy-going person. I have a thing for bringing people together to do cool and fun things/projects/activities. I love making/appreciating art, I love getting outside, I love being in new environments where I am forced to learn, grow and adapt.

PHILOSOPHY

To live life wholly, with compassion. To have everything I do be either meaningful or silly.

Interests

camping, traveling, reading, learning, slacklining, discussing religion/philosophy, sustainable developement, grassroots stuff.

  • arts
  • reading
  • traveling
  • camping
  • religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Movie: The Princess bride
Music: The Avett Brothers, Paul Simon
Books: Jonathan LIvingston Seagull, the little prince, terry pratchet books

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Camphill International. Also had some pints of real ale in the lake district.

Teach, Learn, Share

Here are some of my favorite quotes:
"...involvement with these issues, means you're involved with the good people. The people with the live hearts, the live eyes, the live heads... Commitment, in and of itself, irrespective of whether you win or not, is something that truly makes your life worthwhile."
~Harry Chapin, Commitment

"Para mi solo recorrer los caminos q tienen corazon, cualquier camino q tenga corazon. Por ahi yo recorro, y la unica prueba q vale es atravesar todo su largo. Y por ahi yo recorro mirando, mirando, sin aliento."
~Don Juan

"Vice, Virtue. It's best not to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much *life*. Aim above morality. If you apply that to life, then you're bound to live life fully."
~Maude

Countries I’ve Visited

Belize, Bolivia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, Ecuador, India, Ireland, United Kingdom

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