I'm new to Couchsurfing, but it looks like a great way to meet new people and see new places from their eyes. I'm looking forward to becoming more involved in the community and hosting once I've come back!

I just finished an Americorps year working for an environmental non-profit in Sedona, Arizona and now I'm on an adventure!

I'm a pretty normal guy, once from California, now more from Washington. I like climbing rocks and skiing snow and reading books and meeting new people.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To have long conversations with people I otherwise never would have. To visit cities and towns and places I've never heard of. To challenge my thoughts and beliefs about the world I live in and the life I lead in it.

Interests

I like nursing cappuccinos in coffeeshops, pretending to read or write but mostly people watching, although sometimes actually reading or writing. Ideally getting into a conversation with someone and learning something new or making a friend. I also like nursing IPAs in breweries or bars and doing largely the same.

I like being outside. Outside on a mountain somewhere, gear hanging off me like a Christmas tree and over encumbered with too-much of a pack. Outside on a run down a tunnel of trees and fallen leaves and gravel paths, twisting through a wood, popping into and out of sun and shade. Even just outside on a park bench or slung in a hammock, enjoying the day as it passes.

• writing
• books
• running
• reading
• backpacking
• skiing
• rock climbing
• nursing
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Concious old school hip hop that will make you roll your eyes

Movies: the Pickford Film Center in Bellingham, Washington on a drizzly night. I don't even care what's playing, they always have something good and that I've never heard of.

Books: I'm not sure if I have a favorite author or book or whatever. I read a lot and eclectically. Some authors I keep coming back to are Hemingway, Philip K. Dick, and Cormac McCarthy, for better or worse.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I used to backpack professionally, doing research in the mountains. It was sweet.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Honduras, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States