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Golden, British Columbia, Canada
@patrick-gravelle
Member since 2015
Canadian guy, living in Golden,BC in the Rockie mountains! Love mountain climbing, skiing and boarding, kayaking, just general adventure. I'm a huge outdoor nut, but over the course of the pandemic I've really swung towards my other love - blacksmithing! So I can generally be found either in the mountains exploring or in my shop working on some metal!
Interested in Adventure Sports
Interested in Crafts
Fluent in English
Learning Swedish
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I picked up a hitch hiker who told me about it. She told me its a great way to meet people while travelling by myself. Here we are years later, and it's probably the best advice I've gotten from a stranger.
Music, Movies, and Books
Repo! the genetic opera
One Amazing Thing I've Done
I was at the gold medal Hockey game in Sochi, Russia for the 2014 Olympics. Climbed the tallest mountain in europe. Burning Man in 2022/2023/2025, we've leaned pretty hard into the culture, and I've taken quite the liking to building steel sculptures! Free solo'd alpine routes in the Canadian rockies.
Teach, Learn, Share
-I have a blacksmith shop in my backyard! -i have a decent size alpine rack and ropes, for those climbers who may be coming thru! -its not as good as when I lived in jasper, but I have pretty decent knowledge of the national parks surrounding golden, and it's getting better by the day!
What I Can Share With Hosts
Stories, pictures, am always willing to buy the beer! I can be pretty handy with cleaning and fixing things. I make a pretty wicked poutine! (Subject to host country having cheese curds avaliable😬)
My Interests
Everything outdoors, music festivals, a good party. Make a suggestion and odds are I'll say "hell yeah!"
