I value experiences, people and books over anything else. I am grateful to be alive.

June 2024 hiking the Continental divide Trail 🏔️

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Make friends, spend time with local people

Interests

I love new places, new people, seeing new things, and having new experiences. I believe the world's is an amazing and beautiful place you just have to get out there!

Love to challenge myself physically socially and mentally, I read more than anyone else I know, ask me what I'm reading!

• animals
• books
• education
• reading
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• rock climbing
• hitchhiking
• urban exploration
• nature
• abandoned places
• good food
• biking
• different cultures
• everything
• meeting new people
• making friends
• community building
• community
• exploring the world
• tree climbing
• rationality
• having fun

Music, Movies, and Books

Lies of Locke Lamora, Foundation, Harry Potter and the methods of rationality, name of the wind, Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!, On the Move, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, 100 Days of Rejection, The Rosie project

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Eaten the world's hottest pepper 🌶️

Hitchhiked across Alaska 👍

Lived in a van in Washington, Oregon, and California 🚐

Teach, Learn, Share

If you can't make yourself happy, make somebody else happy

At the end of people's lives regrets people have in common are not things they did but the things they didn't

Sources: Tim ferriss, Top five regrets of the dying

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories, Adventure, Jokes, Rock climbing expertise, Culinary Skills, Friendship

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Thailand, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States