Former glaciologist (spent 8 years studying glaciers all over the globe), currently a TV producer, filming scientific documentaries. Courageous explorer, creative writer, passionate singer-songwriter, fascinated wonderer.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To explore the world through people. I love meeting new people. Every human is a separate universe and I enjoy exploring. I love to listen to stories, to see special places and to inhale the real life of the real people, not the facade for tourists.

Interests

• writing
• poetry
• singing
• acting
• yoga
• working out
• meditation
• hiking
• kite surfing
• mountaineering
• surfing
• skiing
• snowboarding
• wakeboarding
• buddhist
• ecology
• psychology
• mountains
• filming
• instagram
• playing guitar
• producing
• vipassana
• glaciology
• dark fashion

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm influenced by a wide range of musical traditions. Love listening to Boiler Room or Bonobo-similar DJ sets as a background, or to kinda Arctic Monkeys / Bloc Party rock to get pumped, or to rhythmical rap and hip-hop while skiing or driving, or to mantras and chanting while relaxing. But the music that I truly enjoy is classics: Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Vivaldi, Liszt, Dvorak.

I read a lot, but it's not much to remember through a last couple of years that really impressed me. Probably Ayn Rand and Donna Tartt.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Built 4 houses at 2700 m a.s.l. during one summer.

Teach, Learn, Share

What I could teach you:
* guitar playing
* hiking and mountaineering
* riding on everything / driving of everything
* vipassana meditation
* Russian

What I could share with you:
* knowledge in glaciers, climate change, filmmaking, psychology, meditation and buddhism
* stories of 8 years roaming in the mountains
* me singing / guitar playing
* carpenting skills, fixing things (to a certain measure)

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, France, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam