CURRENT MISSION

To learn all I can about the Earth and its people and to hopefully leave it a little better than I found it.

ABOUT ME

I was born in MA USA in 1982. I lived there for 22 yrs and went to university in Boston at Boston College. after graduating I went to Maui, HI for a few months. Since then I lived in CA and Alaska the latter working at Denali Nat'l Park for the Nat'l Park service. When that job ended I took the opportunity to start traveling (NZ, Aussie, SE Asia, India, China, Nepal, Central America). I've also lived in Cape Cod in Massachuesetts, Padre Island in Texas working with Sea turtles, Yosemite Nat'l Park in California. Also did some work with Mountain lions in Alberta and most recently with hyenas in Kenya. Currently doing a masters of Environmental Science and Management degree at UC Santa Barbara.

PHILOSOPHY

I don't know if I can sum this up in a small paragraph.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'd love to meet up with some cool like-minded people. I've mostly surfed which has been great and I'm hoping to have some great experiences hosting soon.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

All Awesome.

Interests

Music (I play drums and dabble in mandolin and piano/also I listen to all sorts of music). Sports (I play Ultimate frisbee, beach volleyball, I run and I enjoy watching lots of sports mainly baseball and football). Outdoors (I love going to nat'l parks, hiking, camping, kayaking, canoeing, climbing, biking, Scuba diving etc.) Traveling (I think this one is obvious)

• running
• traveling
• music
• piano
• drums
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• canoeing
• kayaking
• camping
• scuba diving
• sports
• baseball
• rock climbing
• soccer
• volleyball
• science
• beaches
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Some favorite movies: The Big Lebowski, Memento, Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption,

Music: The Beatles, The Police, Bowie, Prince, The Shins,
Marley, James Brown, lots more

Books: Wind-up bird chronicle (Murakami), A bend in the river (Naipaul), Midnight's Children (Rushdie), Edward Abbey, Cormack McCarthy, Steinbeck (esp Of Mice and Men and Grapes of Wrath, Hemingway (esp For Whom the Bell Tolls), Catch 22, The Plague, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, Kurt Vonnegut

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Here's one of many: A perfectly clear day (which is rare) camping beneath Denali/Mt. McKinley , seeing the sun set casting a gorgeous red-orange alpenglow on the mountain while sandhill cranes migrate past by the hundred. Once the sun sets the Northern lights come out. Truly an unforgettable day!

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm a student of the world and would love to learn anything new. I'd be happy to teach about anything I can.