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Overview

  • 3 references
  • Fluent in English; learning Korean, Spanish
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Biology, Ecology, Wilderness/Survivial Skills
  • Geography, Soil Science. Humboldt State University
  • From Shasta, CA, USA
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About Me

PHILOSOPHY

Reverence for Wild Places, Dynamic Equilibrium, Connection is Primary

APPROACH

You might catch me in a city, but probably not for long, unless there are some good craft breweries.

I enjoy engaging directly with the ways of being in wild and remote places. I love being close to the land and the ways of the people who are most intimate with that land. Often times this means learning traditional foraging, hunting, trapping and fishing techniques, travelling in the wilderness, and putting this knowledge to use in connecting to place.

Where subsisting from the land is not appropriate, I prefer to travel by bicycle or on foot in the places I'm visiting. I love to sit with a place and have the time to learn it's cycles and patterns. I also enjoy moving and observing shifts in landforms and plant communities as I go.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Interests

  • arts
  • beer
  • minimalism
  • homesteading
  • survival
  • cycling
  • fishing
  • biology
  • ecology
  • geology
  • bushcraft
  • archaeology
  • love
  • brewing

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

6 Weeks Alone, living off the land in Canada's Northwest Territories

Teach, Learn, Share

Fields of experience/interest: Wildland resource sciences - soils, hydrology, geomorphology, biology, ecology; Community interaction/sustainability - cultivate an existence!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation, skillshare, help around the home/land

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Canada, Chile, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

South Korea, United States

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