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Overview

  • 3 references
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Mechanical Engineer
  • bachelors in mechanical engineering
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

to satisfy whatever tickle I have in my heart at the moment

ABOUT ME

Oh how I love writing bios. Because I love writing them so much I am going to wait and instead go get a beer and have a laugh.

PHILOSOPHY

The only thing that I know is that I don't know.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

If I have a couch its all yours or if I am out and about I do hope yours too is available :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

With family, friends, friends of friends and a few strangers along the way. And from time to time with raccoons and squirrels.

Interests

perhaps more of an obsession butI love trail running so most weekends I can be found on some nearby trail for a few hours or the entire day taking in the beauty that is the PNW. Another way to enjoy this amazing area is by scooting around on my motosickle which is just so much fun. Particularly if its an old leaky harley that I've built. Outside of that give me a place to walk, a sweat, salty treat, a beer and some rain or sunshine and I'm pretty content.

  • writing
  • design
  • photography
  • beer
  • motorcycles
  • traveling
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • rock climbing
  • soccer
  • tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

For movies some that come to mind are across the universe, tarantino flicks, before sunset and before sunrise, serenity, no country for old men, garden state, easyrider, choppertown, and amelie.

Music: michael franti, horrorpops, killola, Devil Doll, the blakes, arcade fire, yeah yeah yeahs, tegan and sara, regina spektor, bjork, soundgarden, mgmt, decemberists and section quartet.

Latest reads: count of monte cristo, three cups of tea, omnivores dilemma, mountains beyond mountains, 70's harley manuals, pathologies of power and currently reading the monkey wrench gang.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

visited 27 states (12%)Create your own visited map of The World or Free ipad travel guide

visited 38 states (76%)Create your own visited map of The United States or Free android travel guide

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Guinea, Hungary, Italy, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Sierra Leone, United States

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