CURRENT MISSION

Live life until it kills me.

ABOUT ME

I'm currently a student at the University of Minnesota studying astrophysics and physics, but am coming back from a year off exploring and trying other things.

Last year I travelled around the US, Canada, and Europe doing velodrome bicycle racing, and at that point was introduced to CS. It was great to get out of the academic grind for awhile, and I was on a role, so I went with it, travelled south to Chile, and spent 3 months training to be a mountaineering guide with the National Outdoor Leadership School.

Now I'm back in the Twin Cities, riding bikes, reading books, and studying. I don't have any trips planned right now, so drop in and let me travel vicariously with you!

PHILOSOPHY

There are two ways to lose your life: All at once, or day by day.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've travelled with homestays often in the past, but just last year did I start formally couch surfing. I've now finally found myself somewhere that I'll be for a while, so I'm opening up my couches to the world.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Last fall and winter I travelled all around Europe racing my bicycle and sleeping on the couches of some really awesome people.

Interests

Live music, bicycles, hammocks, mountaineering, physics, skiing, wandering, good tea, short stories, and traveling of course!

• books
• reading
• traveling
• music
• live music
• outdoor activities
• mountaineering
• surfing
• skiing
• history
• mathematics
• physics
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

Music, where to begin...
MIA, The Fiery Furnaces, Radiohead, Soul Coughing, Deerhoof, Gnarls Barkley, The Hold Steady, The Heartless Bastards, and so on

Movies:
Dirty Pretty Things, Amelie, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Books:
Anything by Henry Miller, Ernest Hemmingway, or JD Salinger
The Virgin Suicides, A Clockwork Orange

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Standing on a cliff at the toe of a glacier in Southern Chile after 2 months in the backcountry, while 17 Andean Condors circled overhead, curious and checking us out.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach people how to ski or work on a bicycle pretty well, and have a good knowledge of physics and mathematics.

I would really like to learn more about language and history in the places I visit.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Chile, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States