CURRENT MISSION

life is an adventure. make nights into stories.

ABOUT ME

Adventure, sarcasm and travel - in no particular order.

My summer is spent living in a van, sleeping outside, and exploring every day while taking foreigners on camping road trips around America and Canada. Check out trekamerica.com

My winter is spent skiing as much as possible.

My time in between is spent traveling as much as possible.

I've lived, worked, or studied and made all these places a home - Boulder and Crested Butte, Colorado. Montreal. Belleville, South Africa. NYC. Wanzhou, China. A 15 passenger Ford van. Valais, Switzerland.

PHILOSOPHY

Take risks.

Ubuntu - I am what I am because of what we all are.

...for we have some flax golden tales to spin.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been hosted by some incredible people in my travels and had not lived in a very touristy destination until Crested Butte. Now I've hosted many wonderful people and am keen to keep on hostin'. The couch is the perfect destination and I try to find one wherever I go.

Interests

food. being thrifty. sarcasm. adventures. wanderlust.
sleeping in non-orthodox places. nerding out about urban planning. museums. parks. maps. working with kids. people watching. farmers markets. American fun facts.

• dining
• beer
• traveling
• cars
• bouldering
• magic
• hiking
• camping
• skiing
• rock climbing
• cartography
• road trips
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Currently (My memory does not have a high retention level)
movies: any and all docu/mocku-mentaries i.e. mad hot ballroom, word wars, encouters at the end of the world, planet earth, wordplay, best in show, etc. Zoolander. Be Kind Rewind. Amelie. Little Miss Sunshine. Horton Hears a Who. Boogie Nights.

Music: Robyn, Santigold, Modest Mouse, Chromeo, Andrew Bird, Hot Chip, The xx, Kid Cudi, Ratatat Remixes, The Knife, Fever Ray, I'm not very musically opinionated and open to anything you have to offer.

Books: Murakami. The glass castle. Into the Wild. She's come undone. A million little pieces. The devil in the white city. Life of Pi. Tao te ching. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived in a tent for two months at 11,500 feet while building and climbing Colorado's hiking trails.
Attended a 2-day rave in the middle of a bamboo jungle in the middle of China.
Jumped off a waterfall and the impact was so intense my contact popped out.

Teach, Learn, Share

I've taught English, tae kwon do, and skiing. I know more about sprinkles than i should and could bore you with the proper way to build a hiking trail. Cities fascinate me and I love learning about and exploring them. Discussing and planning road trips will always keep me amused.

i fall into hobbies easily and would love to learn about beer brewing, magic, and fixing things from cars to blenders to zippers.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, China, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, China, South Africa, Switzerland, United States

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