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Overview

  • 13 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 45, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Learning how to live for free, so I can live free
  • public education + life (which is better)
  • From Austin
  • Profile 90% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Discovering all the laws of the universe

ABOUT ME

I must travel, if I don't, something inside me feels like it goes to sleep or is dying,...it's that spark. I think you all know what I'm talking about. I think that's all I want to do. Kings, Emperors and Pharaohs could not see the world like we can. They could not understand the world like we can they didn't have access to the information we do. This is me, to live, to be free, to take advantage of these things that have only become available to the world in the last 30 - 100 years. To cast off the burdens of material possessions and instead find the cracks to fall through and enrich the spirit instead. And couchsurfing my friends is a huge crack! I want to find those things in the world that are good and wholly good and true and surround myself with those things and revel in them, to feed them with my efforts so they may grow and spread to others, for this is how a culture changes.

PHILOSOPHY

Live free or die

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I share my ideas, I share my space, I share my time.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I hiked the appalachian trail in 07 and was completely broke by the end. The only reason I made it back to Austin from Maine was Couchsurfing and Craigslist rideshare and the generosity of highway travelers.
It changed my experience from one of quiet desperation to one of excited revelation

Interests

Truth, Freedom, Language, People, Travel, Culture, Books, the Sciences, Mythology, Politics, Theater, Movies, Hiking, Climbing, skiing, snowboarding, surfing, skating, scuba, plants, animals, Earth,

  • animals
  • culture
  • books
  • theater
  • politics
  • movies
  • traveling
  • woodworking
  • music
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • camping
  • surfing
  • scuba diving
  • skiing
  • snowboarding
  • rock climbing
  • parks

Music, Movies, and Books

The Veda's, Upanishads, Bhadavad gita, qu'ran, the bible, joseph campbell, myth of monogamy, daniel quinn, anything philosphy, mythology, religion, physics, diy, middle eastern, gypsy, traditional, folk music. technical manuals, electrical, veggie conversions, mechanics, solar panel stuff, anything permaculture, anything anthropology, social study.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked the Appalachian Trail, Denali in Alaska, 30 U.S. National parks, surfed in Mexico for a month and Hawaii for 9 days.

Teach, Learn, Share

Ultralite backpacking, dumpstering, urban camping, free, free, free. Electrical, woodworking, music, veggie conversions, Learn to live for free and you will live free

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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