ABOUT ME

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan- like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms, and, if it proved to be mean, why then to get the whole and genuine meanness of it, and publish its meanness to the world; or if it were sublime, to know it by experience, and be able to give a true account of it in my next excursion." _Henry David Thoreau

"There is pleasure in the pathless woods;
There is a rapture on the lonely shore;
There is society, where none intrudes,
By the deep sea and music in its roar:
I love not man the less, but Nature more." - Lord Byron

PHILOSOPHY

Determinism

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can currently host people in Galway, Ireland. The couch is a two person couch, so I wouldn't recommend it to tall people. However, if you have your own sleeping bag, I do have a mat (used during camping trips, although not very thick).

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

New to couch surfing, but I'm going to travel around the rest of Europe for May.... so we'll see how that goes.

Interests

Climbing, Bouldering, Skiing, Bodysurfing, Surfing, Mountain Biking, Running, Shooting, Metaphysics, Ethics, Photojournalism, Sea Turtles

• ethics
• running
• traveling
• bouldering
• music
• cycling
• camping
• hunting
• surfing
• skiing
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Cove, Into The Wild, Big Wednesday, Point Break, Blood Diamond, The Shawshank Redemption, Batman Begins, The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift, The Breakfast Club, K-Pax

Music: Gamelan, Beck, Menomena, Remy Zero, Flaming Lips, Cake, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele, Linkin Park, The Postal Service, Great Lake Swimmers, The Fray, Coldplay, Death Cab For Cuties, The All-American Rejects, Imogen Heap, Albert Hammond, Jr., The Beatles, Classical

Books: Into The Wild, The Tribes of Palos Verdes, Ender's Game, Plato: Complete Works, Lord of the Flies, Fahrenheit 451, The DavinciCode, Falling Leaves, Can You Keep a Secret?, Of Mice and Men, Chinese Cinderella, Ethics (by Spinoza), The Bible (interesting book)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seven day climbing trip with the best group of Polish people, in a little town called El Chorro in the south of Spain... undoubtedly, the best time of my life.

Teach, Learn, Share

I want to learn anything others have to teach.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, Ireland, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Ireland, United States