I am a student at university from Ankara/Turkey but currently I live in Barcelona for my Erasmus study. :)

I am mainly trying to allocate the time left out of my studies for rock climbing and photographing outdoors. While I am in city I try to go the climbing gym at least two times a week.

Due to climbing and camping I get used to live almost everywhere, I can cook, eat many things and sleep almost everywhere which is very nice for couchsurfing. :)

I love to meet with new people and see the life from their perspectives!

For more info you can check my facebook and flickr pages:
https://www.facebook.com/elif.tosun13
https://www.flickr.com/photos/eliftosun/
https://www.instagram.com/elif.tosun13

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Couch surfing is a perfect way to meet with local people, explore their cultures.

Also, I would rather spent the money travelling with those people rather than spending it on accommodation.

Interests

I am active in Bilkent Outdoor Sports Society since I have started University and I am now the head of the society.

But I started climbing regularly with the opening of the first bouldering gym in Ankara open to everybody and I am climbing in that gym named KısaKaya Boulder for almost two years now and my onsight grade is 6a+ or 6b maybe.

I am taking pictures for so long but it is also started to be more of a passion since I started university and get my one and only canon dslr and two nice second hand lenses from the money I saved.

• photography
• politics
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• camping
• rock climbing
• economics
• sightseeing
• astrophotography
• landscape photography
• behavioral economics

Music, Movies, and Books

I can literally listen almost all kinds of music and I love to listen new styles of music from new people.

While travelling, climbing or just studying I usually listen instrumental hip-hop or some kind of reggae sometimes mixed with jazz from Bonobo, Thievery Corporation, The Sound Defects, Poldoore, Nicolas Jaar, Chet Faker, Blue Scholars, Alborosie, Proleter, Gramatik, Gasoline...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I don't think that I will ever want to do only one amazing that can be classified as I have done some time ago.

I rather want to stay active all the time, rock climb and travel for my whole life and try to photograph it as much as possible.

Edit: Well if you want to hear only one thing, then here you go: I climbed a very old school multipitch climbing route with a few bolts (safety gear) in France with my host from Geneva/Switzerland. Unlike any other sport route it was so scary, yet I enjoyed it so much that I am trying to travel as much as I can to have such amazing memories more and more.

Teach, Learn, Share

Oh I thought many people many stuff about climbing and photography but I also try to learn some new things.

I love to share good memories basicly!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Discussions about economics and politics.
Turkish cuisine, culture.
Memories and advises from rock climbing and travelling in Turkey, France and Spain.
So much about photography especially night and panorama photography. :)

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Greece, Spain, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, Turkey