CURRENT MISSION

'To taste bear meat' (metaphorically)

ABOUT ME

I am permanently torn between the love of a comfortable armchair, with a good book, and the excitement of being somewhere new: seeing things and meeting people I would never have expected to. Currently trying to get outdoors climbing as often as possible.

PHILOSOPHY

'Don't grip too hard or you'll fall off'

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

In the past I have hosted whenever I could.

I am about to head off for a climbing trip around Italy ... if you're in Italy and fancy a climb then let me know :)

Interests

Sport/Trad climbing
Bouldering
Learning Italian
Reading

• books
• reading
• socializing
• bouldering
• outdoor activities
• sports
• rock climbing
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: The Stranger & The Plague, Camus; Catch 22, Heller; One flew over the Cuckoo's nest, Kesey; If on a winter's night a traveller, Calvino; Times' Arrow, Amis; Lolita, Nabokov; The Bell Jar, Plath; Sherlock Holmes, Doyle; The Royal Game, Zweig; The Brave New World & The Island, Huxley; The old man and the sea, Hemingway; The Periodic Table & If this is a man, Levi.

Films: Cinema Paradiso, Catch me if you can, Men of Honour, Remember the Titans, The good the bad and the ugly, Once upon a time in the west, Leon, Life is beautiful, Io non ho paura.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I spent three months motorcycling to and around Italy, seeing lots of amazing places, spending time with some interesting people and being helped by strangers for no reason at all.

Teach, Learn, Share

Climbing, Pizza making, Science

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Scotland, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

United Kingdom