CURRENT MISSION

Work just enough to earn sufficient funds for skipping work.

ABOUT ME

I insist on enjoying life. I love to be outside doing something. I ski every spare moment of every winter, I rock climb, I ride my bike everywhere I go and I spend lots of time on rivers. I also enjoy hiking technical peaks. I love to play music, whether it's on my guitar, which I've been playing for ten years now, or my alto sax or flute. I like blues, jazz, swing, rock, bluegrass (on occasion), alternative, hip hop; the list goes on. I love gettin' down on a dance floor even though I don't know how to dance and I'm always just making it up. I run my life on copious amounts of coffee.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe that attitudes determine outcomes.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I joined CS before my transcontinental bike tour so I might have places to stay in random places across the country. What I discovered was that people on CS are awesome, and there is no other way to travel. I would swear by Couchsurfing, and I am looking forward to offering my couch to fellow travellers in the future.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My CS experience has been only good. It has helped me believe that people are inherently good natured and willing to share with others. CS helps to encourage people to share things with perfect strangers, which is quite fun.

Interests

The things that interest me are numerous. 1) the outdoors 2) gadgets; things that I can take apart, see how they work, and reassemble 3) sailing 17) knowledge 4) music 5) facial hair 6) women
7) politics 8) hammock weaving 9) baking. pastry baking 10) fire 11) destinations 12) photography
13) high places 14) science 15) math 16) the space-time continuum 17) quantum physics 18) breath holding records 19) bikes 20) motorcycles 20) the fact that all of my cd's are now obsolete 21) carpentry
22) graffiti art and more

• arts
• photography
• dancing
• cooking
• coffee
• baking
• running
• motorcycles
• politics
• traveling
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• piano
• blues
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• sailing
• skiing
• teaching
• mathematics
• physics
• science
• rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS:

Shadow of the Sun; Ryzard Kapuchinski (the best book I've read, period)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; Ken Kesey
To Kill a Mockingbird; Harper Lee
Arabian Sands; Wilfred Thesiger
The Autobiography of Malcolm X; As Told to Alex Haley
The Long Way; Bernard Motessier
This Game of Ghosts; Joe Simpson
Touching the Void; Joe Simpson
The River Why; David James Duncan
The Count of Monte Cristo; Alexandre Dumas pere
The Leper Compound; Paula Nangle
Jitterbug Perfume; Tom Robbins
Skinny Legs and All; Tom Robbins
Still Life With Woodpecker; Tom Robbins
The Complete Collection of Edgar Allan Poe

MOVIES

Any Mel Brooks movie
Any Wes Anderson movie minus The Squid and the Whale
Old classic black and white movies
Kill Pussycat, Kill, Kill
Dr. Strangelove
Thundercrack

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

RODE MY BICYCLE ACROSS THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT!

Teach, Learn, Share

I am not the best teacher there ever was, but if ever there was a chance to exchange skills or knowledge and time enough to do so, then by all means, lets make it happen.

THINGS I WANT TO LEARN

how to play the saxophone better
how to sail
how to bake pastries
how to cook more things
how to navigate by the stars and sun
how to read and write
**how to play piano**

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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