My current mission is to climb on all 7 continents.

I am from a small hippie town in upstate NY so I see the world from a sort of Buddhist perspective.

I am always very excited to travel and go on trips, and I follow my heart and make my own path in life.

I hope to meet lots of cool people, eat lots of great food, and get up a few good climbs.

~ My Philosophy ~

Live Free

Be Happy

Respect Others

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

When home I open my place up to other travelers for refuge, companionship, or climbing partners.

When traveling I to try to give back and share with my hosts whatever I have to offer weather it is stories, ideas, or gifts.

I have now stayed with many people here on CS and it has always been a fantastic time!

Furthermore I have been touched by the amount of wonderful people willing to share their time, space, and advice to other travelers such as myself.

Interests

My two biggest loves are rock climbing and snowboarding.

I enjoy most all things athletic including biking, fencing, martial arts, or just any old game to be played with friends new or old.

Aside from that I love to learn about new things from art, science, history, culture, etc.

Anything can be interesting if you approach it with an open mind.

• arts
• culture
• dining
• traveling
• cycling
• snowboarding
• fencing
• martial arts
• rock climbing
• history
• languages
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music; Jazz, Funk, Soul, Blues, Hip Hop, Electronica, Rap, Reggae, Disco, Classic Rock, and Classical.

Books; Shakespeare, Voltaire, Dostoyevsky, Twain, Steinbeck, Bukowsky, Tom Robbins, Lao Tzu, Akutagawa. Climbing literature especially John Long, some fantasy and sci-fi stuff too like Tolkien, Bradbury, and the like.

Movies; Love me some oldies anything with Bogart, Grant, or Hepburn (Catherine not Audrey) Directors; Kurosawa, Coen Brothers, Wes Anderson, Hitchcock, Jarmusch, Howard Hawks, John Huston, Robert Altman, Woody Allen, Scorsese, Chaplin, Coppola, Fritz Lang, Miyazaki.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Solo climbed a 1000 ft. route that topped out at 14,500 ft.!

Swam with Whale Sharks in Mexico!!

Taught a blind man to snowboard!!!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach a lot of things like climbing and boarding but the most important thing I teach is compassion.

I would like to learn more languages.

I am willing to share my time.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Cambodia, France, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States