CURRENT MISSION

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people merely exist and that is all." -- Oscar Wilde. ( I'm waiting on my postcard to confirm verfication.)

ABOUT ME

I grew up in a southern suberb, but my heart was always in the mountains of the west, so here I am.

PHILOSOPHY

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." -- Robert Frost

Be free-spirited, challenged, interested, and happy. I love nature and aspire to protect, appreciate, and experience it as much as I can.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I was initiated to couchsurfing through my former roommates and friends Jana and Andrew, whom are very active on couch-surfing; over three years ago, their first couch-surfer in Steamboat Springs would later become my roommate and friend there; he graduated from my college at the same time as I did, but we didn't know each other. All three called me while riding the ski lift on opening day in Steamboat, while I was still in Georgia, and they sang our college's song. What a small world! Since then I've hosted groups but have never actually surfed myself and am looking forward to the opportunity...

Interests

Climbing 14-ers, rock-climbing, traveling, nature, mountains, roadtrips, hiking, running, skiing, learning, wandering, playing sports, reading, coffee, animals, the West, biking, rivers, lakes, the sea, laughing, my family & friends

• animals
• coffee
• running
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• surfing
• skiing
• sports
• rock climbing
• lakes
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Shawshank Redemption, Primal Fear, Closer, The Life of David Gale, My Cousin Vinny, Donnie Brasco, Stand By Me, Lonesome Dove
Music: Radiohead, Metric, Christine Fellows, Emily Haines and the Soft Skeletone, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, Sufjan Stevens, Ratatat, the Postal Service, Air, Beck, Wilco, Classical, Bluegrass, and all the music I grew up on...ie Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Simon & Garfunkle, America, the Beatles, the Stones, Eric Clapton, Johnny Cash, the Coasters, CCR, Dire Straights, the Doors, the Drifters, etc..
Books: East of Eden, The Thorn Birds, any vonnegut, the Hobbit, Gone with the Wind, 1984

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Flight trip of Denali, 9-hour bus ride to Wonder Lake (also in Denali, Alaska), the Road to Hana in Maui, gothic cathedrals in Austria, waist deep powder in Steamboat Springs, the Champs Elysees in Paris, I could go on and on...

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