CURRENT MISSION

Renovate my flat to make my wife and my guests even more happier.

ABOUT ME

I love meeting new people from different cultures and this is why I have been receiving guests at my home and travelling myself all over the world for many years. My main interests are people and traveling, mountaineering, adventure races. I am a biker and mountain lover as well. I traveled by bike in Finland, Germany (only in the cities) and in Russia and climbed in Caucasus, Hibiny, Ural and Pamir-Alay (Tadzhikistan).

PHILOSOPHY

Be goal-oriented and enjoy the process.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am new at CS, but not new in Hospitality movement. I am receiving and been received since 1996.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Every country I traveled I always was looking for an opportunity to stay with the locals for it is the only way to experience the country.

Interests

Adventure Races, Mountains, bike, Islam (although I am a Christian), TTC

• traveling
• cycling
• adventure races
• mountaineering
• muslim
• rock climbing
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I am not a movie lover, usually I get bored because modern films are so artificial and I just do not have time for them (but if you can advertise something good I will give it a try). The only TV production I generally appreciate is BBC, especially by Sir David Attenborough and Robert Winston.

Recent years I got addicted to audiobooks. I am “reading” audio books almost all the time. Mostly history or traveling books, but also fiction; right now I am in the middle of adventure of "Good Soldier Schweik" by Y. Gashek.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Adventure race RedFox 2007 in polar region was unforgettable.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach how to use ropes (for climbing and rescue missions), make knots, and to deal with some mountaineering gear.

I can share some TTC materials and one can learn so much from it.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkey, United States, Uzbekistan

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Russian Federation, Ukraine

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