Outgoing, enthusiastic adventurer with a thirst for craziness and the outdoors! I'm a high-energy "happy hippie" (according to a few friends and a year working for an environmental magazine), and I'm as likely to drink tea and discuss philosophy and politics as I am to drink liquor and rock out.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love traveling, meeting new people and learning from these experiences! I've been both a host and a surfer... while I think I prefer hosting (I love showing people my town and its little secrets), I'm currently traveling and am surfing...

Interests

Environmentalism, travel, hiking, exploring, sustainability, reading, writing, rocking out, football (the kind you play with your feet), friendship, philosophy, mindfulness, and taking the power back!

• writing
• drinking
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• adventure races
• surfing
• rock climbing
• soccer
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

ROCK (apparently it's not a thing in Europe?)
Also I'm from Seattle. Grunge.

Kurt Vonnegut, Dostoyevsky, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Faulkner... I'm into lit and love recommendations.

If the movie is soul crushing, I will love it (The Proposition, the Road, Requiem for a Dream,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Scoured Norwegian mountains with a group of hardy, badass shepherds, fording rivers and climbing waterfalls to find and save two lost lambs... And we saved them!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a firm believer that the best way to learn and share is through traveling. Meeting new people from different walks of life can only broaden your perspective...

What I Can Share with Hosts

ENERGY and a lot of crazy stories :P

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey

Countries I’ve Lived In

Norway, United States