CURRENT MISSION

Working Mount Rainier national park for the summer/fall. Backpacking South America this winter

ABOUT ME

I hitchhike as a form of travel, I write and read pretty voraciously. Music is very medicinal. I like to drink and have a smoke when hanging out, or getting to know somebody; and I'm usually pretty good at mirroring personalities.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate as a surfer

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've surfed a few couches with a handful of cool people

Interests

I want to learn how to surf, ride a motorcycle and hop freights. I also want to travel South America.

• mardi gras
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• backpacking

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:

Most things by Kerouac, Bukowski, Steinbeck, Miller or Fante
The Road by Jack London
You Can't Go Home Again by Thomas Wolfe
The Rum Diary - Hunter S Thompson
Hemingway's short stories
You can't win by Jack Black

Music:

The Doors, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, CCR, Zeppelin, The Strange Boys, Gun Club, Gene Vincent, The Damned, Bowie, Devendra Banhart, Earl Sweatshirt, Blonde Redhead, Television, Velvet Underground, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Misfits, TSOL, The Cramps, Buzzcocks, 2Pac, Bob Marley, Elliott Smith, The Growlers, Feeding People, Brazilian Girls, Sonic Youth, Mazzy Star, Joy Division, The Pixies, The Cure, Nirvana, The Smiths, Interpol, Bo Diddley, Brenton Wood, Jazz, Doo Wop, Soul, 80's and 90's one hit wonders etc. etc.

Movies:

Pulp Fiction, The Shining, Reservoir Dogs, On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire, 80's B-Horror, The Doom Generation, Dumb and Dumber, Goodfellas, Casino, Deer Hunter, Taxi Driver, True Romance, Requiem for a Dream, Fando y Lis, Rules of Attraction, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Oldboy, Special, Blue Valentine and on and on and on and on.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have worked as a goat herder, a park ranger, hitchhiked to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, took mushrooms on a desolate bluff overlooking the pacific in Big Sur, drove the entire California, Oregon and Washington coastline..

I backpacked Mexico and Central America on two different trips. Too many different amazing experiences to boil it down to one!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States