CURRENT MISSION: Meet lots of new people. Expand my horizons. Visit Colorado.

I love travel and meeting new people and learning about different perspectives on life.
I have eclectic interests and am always looking forward to my next adventure.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I want to expand my horizons, meet new people, see how they live, see what their horizons are!

Interests

I enjoy taking people on my adventures (biking, climbing, etc.)
I taught my 3 daughters rock climbing (including belaying, etc.) and mountain biking. They learned to ride a road biking on their own. And they weren't interested in learning knots.

• reading
• economics
• mountain biking
• startups
• tech
• bikepacking
• road biking
• cross country skiing
• rockclimbing
• bike camping

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS
Your Brain At Work by Dr. David Rock
Punished by Rewards, Alfie Kohn
Language in Thought and Action (working on this one!)
Start with No by Jim Camp
On Intelligence
And so. many. more ;-)

MOVIE & TV
Last of the Mohicans
The Incredibles (first one was better ;-)
The Boys (it continues to stretch the "super hero" genre beyond The Incredibles. Brilliant.
Lie To Me (TV Series from the 00's)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Bikepacked 220 miles

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach:

* Overview of How To Write Software (I taught software engineering and was a sw engineer for 20+ years
* Digital Marketing - I give talks on this subject
* Rock climbing - I've been climbing Sport and Trad' for over 25 years.
* Knot tying - between being a Boy Scout, a Sailor in the Navy, and rock climbing, I know knots most people have never seen.
* Sales
* Negotiation
* How to avoid common pitfalls with a Startup (90% or so of startups fail)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I love cooking and love cooking for others. I make award-winning chilli. And I've been working on the perfect omelet for nearly a decade.
I'm good with kids and pets.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Mexico, New Zealand