CURRENT MISSION

Earn honorary membership in the Order of the Cetaceans

ABOUT ME

In search of an immense and remarkable life. I like to meet people who dismiss games of relation, question everything and pursue passions voraciously. In particular, I like meeting people highly different from me. I studied evolution, religion, environment, islands and whales at university, and I love talking about all those things. Time should be spent well with people, good food and an active livelihood. I am very tall.

PHILOSOPHY

I still haven't worked out a way to answer this that isn't a) pretensious or b)thoughtless.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Honesty and sincerity with generous and excited people. Endorsing priceless hospitality and seeking out people who are thrilled by life.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfing supported me on a cross-Canada bike ride last summer, and it was the amazing people I met through this network that motivated me to keep on during that journey. It opened worlds to me elsewhere, and always the kindness of strangers and neighbors continues to inspire me immensely. Finding beauty and depth in the abrupt introductions with another, despite the brevity. 'There is grandeur in this view of life.' -CD

Interests

THE SEA. Sails. Sunsets, salamanders, religion, Nietzsche, EO Wilson, Daniel Quinn, A.A. Milne, insects, BIRDS, mountains and climbing them, tramping, sleeping in the grass and eating fruit for breakfast, Weet-Bix, time-lapsing, folk music, red wine, harmonica, dinosaurs!, paleontology, island biogeography, what it means to be an existing individual, spring skies and fall colors, cycling, running, and table tennis. Also, latin and african percussion, children's and blunt and honest conversations about deeply held convictions. WHALES.

• birds
• insects
• beauty
• environment
• dining
• breakfast
• wine
• red wine
• running
• socializing
• music
• folk music
• cycling
• hunting
• rock climbing
• tennis
• table tennis
• religion
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Anton Chekhov
Girl Coming Out of Cake
Dostoevsky, sometimes.
Ed Abbey
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Robert Frazier Nash
Mary Poppins
EO Wilson
Most Sean Penn films
Hemingway
Iron and Wine
Anything Attenborough
Hook
Magnetic Fields
Winnie-the-Pooh
Catch-22
Vonnegut
Ishmael
Sam Harris
Kerouac
Roethke
Neruda
Roberto Benigni
Kate Walsh
Sigur Ros
Ryan Adams
Stepsister's Troublemakers

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Recently, listening to 3 sperm whales hunting 2200m below me on a hydrophone.

Teach, Learn, Share

Take a look at my interests- I will talk about anything i am interested in and know a little bit about, but i want to learn everything. To get into a passionate debate with me, ask me about the role religion has played in our environmental crisis, and the role it could play in solving it. Or, ask me about whales.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belize, Cambodia, Canada, Colombia, Fiji, France, Germany, Guatemala, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Indonesia, Italy, New Zealand, United States

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