CURRENT MISSION

soak up as much as I can. get past the surface....and get shit done

ABOUT ME

I love to travel, eat, teach, and meet people. I stay as active as I can...taught yoga, love to hike, bike, ski, walk, etc. I´ve always loved to travel, but at 29, I quit my job in the US after 6 years of sales in the "rat race" and decided to explore the world for a year...it´s the best decision I´ve ever made.

PHILOSOPHY

"Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day."

I'm also known to say (after a few too many), "everything in moderation...including moderation."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Didn't take advantage of CS like I should have on my most recent trip, but heard so many great stories that I decided to get involved. I've got lots of experience and contacts to share in the Mile High city.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just beginning...

Interests

sustainability, sports, conversation, music/concerts, hiking, skiing, parties, golf, Eating, Eating, EATING!

• concerts
• cooking
• bbq
• yoga
• partying
• traveling
• billiards
• socializing
• music
• guitar
• cycling
• hiking
• scuba diving
• skydiving
• skiing
• sports
• golf

Music, Movies, and Books

off the top of my head: Jimi Hendrix, Sublime, Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Fat Freddy´s Drop, The Black Seeds, Nirvana, Tribe Called Quest, Beatles, Rise Against, Johnny Cash, Tool, Badly Drawn Boy, Parov Stelar, Nightmares on Wax, LCD Soundsystem, Cat Empire, Z-trip...open to anything...just depends on the mood.

Books: Biography of Malcom X, Travels by Michael Chriction, Jitterbug Perfume, Cat´s Cradle, Life of Pi, The White Tiger, Papillon, Self Reliance by Emerson, Confederacy of Dunces, Into Thin Air and Into the Wild to name a few

Movies: Shawshank Redmeption, Braveheart, Big Lebowski, Snatch, Pulp Fiction, City of God, Catch Me if You Can

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Eating blowfish. Nevis bungy. Scuba in Fiji and Indo. Skydiving over the great barrier reef. Getting lost alone on a scooter in Lombok...then finding the best waterfall ever. Laos BBQ with the two coolest Laotians I could imagine. The Annapurna Circuit! Yoga in mists around Dharamkot, India. Songkran in Chiang Mai. Carnaval in Otovalo. Cooking school in Japan. Motorbike ride to Pai. Breaking into a hotel to going skinny dipping in the rooftop pool while watching sunrise over Barcelona. Meeting lots of amazing people.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach yoga, and golf. I´ve trained sales reps, and taught finance. I´ve worked with all sorts of people from surgeons, to bartenders, to Colonels in the Army, to illegal immigrants building fences. I´ve now traveled a good bit...and I´m happy to share my experiences if you're willing to listen to me ramble on tangentially about how everything is connected.

I want to learn guitar, and improve my Spanish.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States