CURRENT MISSION

Expanding my childlike sense of love.

ABOUT ME

"Man walks in the direction towards which he looks, and where his treasure is, there will his heart be also." - MBE I may not always be traveling but I'm always trying to find my direction while enjoying wherever that takes me in life and looking towards good. I was born in Illinois in the states and moved to St. Louis, Missouri after living there for half my life. I travel wherever looks fun to me and where I can give good too. I want to explore and figure out more of who I am, otherwise you can find out later as I do. I love music, probably like most, and I also like to play music (drums, a little guitar, and a little piano)! I love hiking and just generally growing in nature. I'm somewhat of a spiritual thinker.

PHILOSOPHY

Love is infinitely deeper and can bring constant joy into our lives, if we endeavor to teach ourselves this idea from moment to moment.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

For now I visit couchsurfers while traveling and enjoy it while I wait 'til I can have my own first place!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have participated in couchsurfing by having traveled and used it a bit in the United States, Iceland, and Chile. I hope to be able to take others in when I have a place, to help build the CS community!

Interests

I love traveling, like we all do. But I love taking time in a place and not caring about missing the tourist stuff all the time, and getting to be in that place for a while. That way I can get to know it and enjoy the possibility of coming back to it in the future and will know my way around and have an emotional connection to the place. I feel like I get to know parts of the world by having lived there for a little while, rather than just skipping through and feeling like I saw a bunch of neat stuff but never got really close to any of the people and experiences around them!

• traveling
• music
• guitar
• piano
• drums
• hiking
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Documentaries. I don't have a list but nature-related at times.

Winter inducing songs. Bluegrass, Folk, Funk, a little Electronica/Jazz/R&B, a select bit of the basic genres.

In no particular order, Bon Iver, Sigur Ros, Fionn Regan, The Smiths, Damien Rice, Ratatat, The XX, Parlours, David Holmes, Rusko, Jonsi, Brett Dennen, Joe Purdy, Adem, Mumford and Sons, MGMT, Emiliana Torinni, Alexi Murdoch, Daft Punk, Colin Hay, La Roux, Jack Johnson, Old Crow Medicine Show, Andrew Bird, Peter Gabriel, First Aid Kit, Peter Mayer (folk artist), Benjamin Doerr, The Weepies, Sugarush Beat Co, Regina Spektor, Norah Jones, Ingrid Michaelson, Bruce Hornsby, Ben Folds (Five), The Wailin' Jennys, The Be Good Tanyas, Frightened Rabbit, Jose Gonzalez, Spoon, Flight of the Conchords, Rotary Downs, Kila, Gogol Bordello, Coldplay, Glen Hansard, Radiohead, Prodigy, Matisyahu, Nickel Creek, Guster, The Avalanches, David Gray, Dispatch, The Dodos, Fleet Foxes, James Taylor, Kings of Convenience, R.E.M, Sufjan Stevens, Tracy Chapman, Weezer, and more.

Books about Nonfiction, Mountaineering, Sagas.

A few examples: "No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks" by Ed Viesturs; "Annapurna" by Maurice Herzog; "K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain" by Ed Viesturs; "Touch the Top of the World: A Blindman's Journey to Climb Farther Than The Eye Can See" by Erik Weheinmayer; "Dangerous Beauty: Life and Death in Africa True Stories from a Safari Guide" by Mark C. Ross; "Egil's Saga" by Anonymous; and others.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've hiked the Super Inca Trail with the first and only blind man to summit Mount Everest and the seven other highest summits in the world. During this trip I helped lead half of the group of whom were blind students from the United States. I then later hiked Mount Kilimanjaro with half of the original group of blind and sighted students and one of Erik Weheinmayer's Everest climbing buddies, as our leader on the trek. I've seen New Zealand which is jaw dropping at least. I've done other trips, but hiking Kilimanjaro has probably been the most amazing sights and experience of my life so far.

Teach, Learn, Share

Just depends. They come as they're needed. Some might be teaching a little bit of drums and guitar. Our own spirituality and travels are all of our main teachers, where we learn and share the most.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Iceland, New Zealand, Peru, Tanzania

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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