CURRENT MISSION

hike to CANADA

ABOUT ME

"It is better to be endangered and free than captive and comfortable." -Tom Robbins

I am currently hiking the 2650 mile long Pacific Crest Trail, which travels from Mexico to Canada. It is typically a 5 month trip!

I just finished a masters in mycorrhizal ecology, specifically looking at the effect of invasive earthworms on fungal diversity! It's much more exciting than it sounds, I promise

PHILOSOPHY

I once had the song "Zippadeedooda" by Louis Armstrong stuck my head for two years.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Too busy to play host much these days, but happy to be a part of the community.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Couchsurfed traveling around the US, I hosted some travelers in 2011

Interests

ecology & botany & mycology, mountains, mountain men, good conversation, research, eureka/WAHOO moments, balance, running, curious and hyperactive kids, growing/finding & cooking & sharing & eating food, inhibition-free dancing and singing, crude humor and puns, dark or hoppy beer, strong coffee, BACKPACKING, especially urban biking, canoeing, printmaking & drawing

• arts
• singing
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• coffee
• baking
• running
• traveling
• drawing
• karaoke
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• canoeing
• ecology
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

most music when it is live and outside or in a small, dingy bar (but always Avett Brothers, Trampled by Turtles, Weepies, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Spring Creek, Dolly Parton, Gillian Welch, Hackensaw Boys, Janis Joplin, etc)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I walked from Georgia to Maine in 2006 & had a close encounter with an anteater in Ecuador. Too much too list, but I have been lucky to travel and experience a lot.

Teach, Learn, Share

I love cooking and baking, the ART and appreciation of compost, relief printmaking, and long distance self-propelled travel (backpacking & bicycling). I have also done a lot of field and lab research. I contra-dance with limited skill and unbridled enthusiasm. I can teach you to do any of those things.

I am just starting to learn the mandolin. I would like to be unafraid of heights and karaoke.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, Laos, Mali, Panama, Peru, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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