CURRENT MISSION

Learn Russian; read Le Comte de Monte Cristo in French; hike a big mountain

ABOUT ME

My hair is longer than it was yesterday.

PHILOSOPHY

Regarding an "even tenor": "I hate that expression and as far as I am able I intend to avoid that condition. When impulse and spontaneity fail to make my way uneven then I shall sit up nights inventing means of making my life as conglomerate and vivid as possible…. And when my time comes to die, I’ll be able to die happy, for I will have done and seen and heard and experienced all the joy, pain and thrills—any emotion that any human ever had—and I’ll be especially happy if I am spared a stupid, common death in bed…"

Well, that was Richard Halliburton's personal philosophy; I wore it around for awhile, but I believe I accidentally took it off and left it in the basement or some other unseen corner of the house. Now I must take it out and dust it back off, try it on for size once more.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Encouraging people to sign up, both to host and to surf, in order to build a larger network

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It's a great thing - if you're reading this, you're lucky enough to have discovered CS. Now take advantage of it!

Interests

Hiking, mountains, climbing, any physical skill, Crossfit, parkour, human movement and anatomy, writing, history, GURPS, philosophy, adventure, cocktails, a good yarn, travel (I mean, come on), physics, hitchhiking, languages, martial arts, coffee, Westerns, chess, riding horses, survival skills, (treasure) maps...I could go on and on, but that would get boring, if we're not there yet already

• horses
• arts
• writing
• cocktails
• coffee
• crossfit
• chess
• reading
• traveling
• survival
• hiking
• martial arts
• rock climbing
• anatomy
• cartography
• history
• languages
• physics
• hitchhiking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I'll avoid the list-bloat that occurred under the "Skills" section, I'll just throw out what's been intriguing me lately:

1. Spaghetti Westerns
2. Archer
3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Currently Reading: 20,000 Lieues Sous Les Mers

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Slept on the top of the Mayan pyramid el Mirador in Guatemala

Teach, Learn, Share

1. How to make a martini
2. How to make a decent cup of coffee
3. How to throw a punch
4. How to snatch mad weight

What I Can Share with Hosts

1. How to make a martini
2. How to make a decent cup of coffee
3. How to throw a punch
4. How to snatch mad weight

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, South Korea, Spain, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Panama, United States

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