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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish, Swahili
  • 31, Male
  • Member since 2013
  • Professional Dirtbag
  • Gonzaga University
  • From Portland, OR
  • Profile 65% complete

About Me

MISSION
Just go.

MANTRA
The mythology of your culture hums in your ears so constantly that no one pays the slightest bit of attention to it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Network, provide local insight, host and explore

PAST EXPERIENCES COUCHSURFING
I've used it quite a bit actually to meet people whilst overseas or when I'm on the road looking for help or advice

Interests

Bike Touring, Photography + Story telling, Backcountry living and guiding, Vagabonding, Dumpster Diving, Long-term world travel, Philosophy, Sport Climbing, Fly fishing...

  • wildlife
  • culture
  • photography
  • flying
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • dumpster diving
  • cycling
  • fishing
  • scuba diving
  • skiing
  • sports
  • rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Daniel Quinn, Jon Krakauer, Thich Nhat Hanh, Born to Run, The Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts, The Longest Walk by George Meegan, Vagabonding by Ed Buryn

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Camped in the Serengeti during the Great Migration and visited Ngorongoro Crater whilst studying Wildlife Management in Tanzania and Kenya for 3 months

Teach, Learn, Share

Hoping to head overseas soon to Teach ESL.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Mexico, Rwanda

Countries I’ve Lived In

Kenya, Tanzania, United States

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