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Overview

  • 6 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French, German, Japanese
  • 38, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • no job yet, just moved here
  • Studied philosophy atSt.Mary's Uni but quit to ski
  • From Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Climb and ski

ABOUT ME

I am a 25-yr old Canadian girl who loves the outdoors. I lived in the Canadian Rockies for five years and consider it to be my home, it's a beautiful place. I quit school to go there and ski and climb but now I've moved to Germany to climb in the Alps for a year.

PHILOSOPHY

Pursue your passion.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I like to host travellers and meet new people.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have never surfed using CS but have hosted back in my beautiful hometown of Canmore, AB, Canada. I made some great friends using CS for meeting up for a coffee, and a lovely couple even moved in with me for bit. :) Iris and Sjoerd, you're the best!

Interests

I love climbing! And skiing!

  • beer
  • coffee
  • running
  • drinking
  • outdoor activities
  • hiking
  • skiing
  • rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Books
"One Hundred Years of Solitute" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"Perfume" by Patrick Suskind
Music
DNB, dubstep, and Neil Young
Movies
"Children of Men"
"I Heart Huckabees"
"Akira"
Anything by Studio Ghibli

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

There's a place I like to go ski touring in Kananaskis in Canada where an old man lives at an abandoned run-down ski hill. When I'm done skiing for the day he lets me warm up by the fire and drink beer with him and he tells me the most amazing stories about living in the woods. The times I spent with him were pretty amazing to me.

Teach, Learn, Share

Right now I'm pretty focused on learning German so I would be grateful to anyone who would have the patience to share this language with me.
I would love to take any guests climbing or hiking or skiing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany

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