Hey, I'm Rachel. After completing a 2-year degree in business I decided to go on a journey for a rite-of-passage into adulthood and hike the PCT. I just finished it last year. I learned so much, but I missed my cat. This last summer I got a job working on a salmon fishing boat in Alaska with my partner. We shared cooking duties and piled the fishing net on a 5-person crew, 18.5-meter wooden boat. Afterward, I spent two weeks in Tokyo before meeting up with my partner and traveling throughout Southeast Asia before we move to Tasmania, Australia.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet folks, and most recently, needing a place to stay before settling down in a new city

Interests

Sustainable business practices, third wave/specialty coffee, hiking, old cars, skiing, cats, photography, selling vintage clothing

• cats
• photography
• coffee
• skiing
• whiskey
• espresso
• classic cars
• gin
• coffee shops
• landscape photography

Music, Movies, and Books

A lot of 80s synthpop right now. Overall: Air, Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Eric Clapton, The Cure, Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys. Period dramas like Atonement, Jane Eyre, and the King's Speech, also, A Clockwork Orange.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Hiked around 2,000 miles and completed the Sierra section of the PCT in a high snow year.

Teach, Learn, Share

Sourdough bread baking! On of my more persistent hobbies. I’d love to bake bread with you. I will leave my space better than I found it.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Answer any questions about the trail or working on a fishing boat. I can cook, clean and organize, use my camera and photography skills. I can each sourdough bread baking

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Ireland, Japan, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States