CURRENT MISSION

To help someone else have a better day today

ABOUT ME

outdoor adventurer in every way, triathlete, simple, passionate, always looking for challenges that will make me grow, enthusiastic environmentalist and conservationist, love to read and be inspired, love to talk and share stories, animal lover, romantic, grateful

PHILOSOPHY

I want to experience new places and meet new people so that I can expand my perspectives and ideas about everything. I constantly try to challenge myself in all aspects of my life and believe that this is the only way to grow. Be good to others without expecting anything in return, and appreciate everything you are given, especially the small things. The small things in life make all the difference.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have used couchsurfing to make several new friends all over the world. I have had wonderful experiences with the people I have stayed with and those that I have just met for a drink. I have loved being exposed to new ideas from lots of cool people, and plan on remaining friends with the couchsurfers I have met for a long time. Each one has helped me become a better person, and I am very grateful for meeting them all.

兴趣

reading, triathlon, running, cycling, hiking and trekking, snowshoeing, relaxing and talking, barbeques, wildlife, conservation, mountains, almost all kinds of sports (especially basketball), running through the mountains on a cool, sunny morning, cycling up canyons that seem to climb forever, playing with my dogs, watching good movies, campfires, being spontaneous, seeing new places and broadening my mind, classical music and symphonies, acting silly and crazy every once in a while

• animals
• dogs
• wildlife
• acting
• environment
• triathlon
• running
• drinking
• movies
• reading
• music
• classical music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• fishing
• hiking
• adventure races
• skiing
• snowshoeing
• sports
• basketball
• ecology
• mountains

音乐、电影和书籍

Movies: A River Runs Through It, The Natural, October Sky, Braveheart, Four Minutes, Hoosiers, Hot Shots, Airplane!, Life is Beautiful, Dead Poets Society, The Last of the Mohicans, Cinderella Man, Rocky, Field of Dreams, Backdraft, The Guardian, The Illusionist, The Man Without a Face, A Few Good Men
Books: My Antonia, Walden, The Earth is Enough, A Sand County Almanac, Around the World in Eighty Days, Monster of God, The Alchemist, Flowers for Algernon, The Tao of Pooh, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, What is the What
Music: Dave Matthews Band has all the goods,while OAR and The Samples add a lot to the mix. Brett Dennen, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, The Red Hot Chili Peppers,Blink 182,Green Day,Jimmy Eat World, Pearl Jam, Angels and Airwaves, and Counting Crows are always good. Oh, and how can you go wrong with the Piano Man, Billy Joel? Classical music, particularly that of Beethoven and Mozart, are always welcome.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

lived in some Madagascar fishing villages working on coral reef projects; worked in the backcountry in Yellowstone National Park and had several close encounters with grizzly bears; swam in a crater lake on top of a volcano at 4200m in Uganda; trekked through the mountains of Poland tracking wolves; seen the mountain gorillas in Rwanda-- Everything is amazing in its own way!

教，学，和分享

I can teach a few things about ecology and the environment, about wolves and bears around the world, but mostly I am here to listen and hear what others have to say. I love to learn anything new, as long as someone is willing to have fun teaching me! I would be glad to try to teach anything, even if I have no idea what I am talking about! I believe we all teach and learn something every day, even when we are totally unaware of it.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

Unfortunately I cannot host anyone in the next couple months. I will be out of town and can possibly host again starting in February.

我游览过的国家

Austria, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Norway, Rwanda, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Arab Emirates

我居住过的国家

Madagascar, Poland, Uganda, United States

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