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Overview

  • 13 references 2 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 69, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Builder
  • Hard chairs & long dirt roads
  • From Danville, Ill. / San Diego
  • Profile 95% complete

About Me

CURRENT MISSION

To regain the freedom of travel now that the girls have grown and flown the coop.

ABOUT ME



Web Cams of Colorado Resorts and City links
www.dickgilbert.com/skicams.htm

Road Conditions and links
http://www.cotrip.org/#top
This is Colorado The weather can change in an instant.
Just because you are in a t-shirt in Denver will not mean you still will be when you go up I n the mountains. Some roads and passes close all winter. In winter when planning a drive over mountain passes check CDOT. Some Pass top out over 12,000 feet or 3,657.6 meter.

General Information and links
www.coloradodirectory.com
www.colorado.com
www.worldatlas.com + >>>>
/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/co.htm and /webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/colinks.htm

Some sites you will find
Airport Map. Ancient Indian Site Map ,Boating Map, Fourteeners Map, Ghost Towns Map’ Gold/Silver Towns Map, Historic Sites Map ,Hot Springs Map, National Parks and Monuments Map ,Points of Interest Map, Scenic Railroads Map ,Ski Areas Map, State Parks Map ,Welcome Centers Map

General Information and links for Kayakers and Rafters
streamflow.allaboutrivers.com
/Colorado/river_flow-sCO.html

Kayaking and river flow
www.hcrr.org/flows.htm
www.confluencekayaks.com
www.coloradokayak.com

Rafting Groups and suppliers
www.hcrr.org
www.aaainflatables.com
www.alpenglowco.com
www.downriverequip.com

Rock climbing Information
www.mountainproject.com v/colorado/105708956

Rock climbing Shops
www.neptunemountaineering.com
www.wildernessexchangeunlimited.com
www.rei.com
www.bentgate.com

Denver Climbing Gyms

www.thrillseekers.cc
http://www.rocknandjamn.com

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PHILOSOPHY

Play hard
My big regrets are the things I put off till later.
It is time to stop that as the hour glass is about half full.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have hitch hiked from Maine to San Diego Been a Climbing bum, surf bum and sailing bum. I couched surfed before I heard the term.
It is time in a 21th century way to do it again

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couch surfing in the 70s led me to couches in houses on boats and docks.
From a (schools out) rock star on Flower St. to a sea weed gather in Key West.
To a couch on a small Island with only one tractor and one car for the hole place.
I saw the tractor and heard of the car.

Interests

Books,cooking, Music, Climbing, Snowboarding ,Kayaking,
Learning something new. Saltwater Flyfishing is next on the list

  • books
  • cooking
  • gyms
  • boating
  • flowers
  • traveling
  • music
  • kayaking
  • camping
  • surfing
  • sailing
  • skiing
  • snowboarding
  • rock climbing
  • swimming
  • historic sites
  • parks
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Too varied and changing to list

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Define amazing.(to you)
Swimming with an alligator by accident did not seem amazing at the time.
My first time sleeping on top of Half Dome was Incredible.
Sun sets and early morning light can be amazing.
That you can meet an adult living in Denver and the only time they have been in the mountains was in 6th grade camp. Amazing yes but mostly I find it truly sad.
That people can hate each other because they look different, believe different or eat different.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Canada, Grenada, Ireland, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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