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Overview

  • 19 references 13 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Traveler, Hiker
  • University
  • From Fallston, Maryland, USA
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Refuel the batteries!

ABOUT ME

I am saving up for skydiving certifications :)

Some of my other travels:
-Thru hiked the Appalachian Trail 2009 NOBO (Georgia to Maine)
-Thru- Hiked the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mexico/California border to British Columbia (2,165 miles)in October 2010.
I sailed down from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas in the 17th and (19th) annual Baja Ha Ha, where an unfortunate accident sunk the boat. I lived in San Jose del Cabo for a month, and hitch hiked my way back to San Diego. Picked up my touring bicycle and rode 1,050 miles of the Baja Peninsula.
-Road tripped the southern Tier from San Diego to Maryland in a Veggie Oil converted 1980 Mercedes Diesel

PHILOSOPHY

No regrets and everyone wang chung tonight.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate by meeting other people and sharing stories, and especially by sharing food. Most of the time I don´t have a couch, but when I do swing on by.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have hosted in most of the countries I have lived in. I have mostly couch crashed in the states though.

Interests


Master of Nothing: Long Distance Hiking, Cycle touring, eastern philosophy, Aikido, kung fu, veganism, bouldering/climbing, rafting, reading, camping, rafting, climbing, running, snowboarding, yoga, hitch hiking and sailing.

  • dining
  • yoga
  • running
  • boating
  • reading
  • bouldering
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • camping
  • sailing
  • skydiving
  • snowboarding
  • rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Bands: Rob Longstaff Band, Cat Empire, Fat Freddy's drop, Descendents, RATM, bad religion, misfits, cake, hilltop hoods, fantomas, floggoing molly, melt banana, the ex, danzig, Bouncing souls, converge, arson, black flag, the cramps, casulties, macha, anything classical, CCR, dan the automator, del tha funkee homosapien, anti-flag, Ramones, minor threat, strokes, led zeppelin, blood hound gang, mad caddies, blur, mr bungle, dropkick murphys, incubus, system of a down, FNM, propagandhi, low life, primus, brand new sin, afi, cypress hill, big black, Shellac, mighty mighty bosstones, pietasters, foo fighters, offspring, beastie boys, vines, prodigy, 2skinnee j's, cradle of filth, james brown, red hot chilli peppers, government issue, All, Jack saints, the toasters, murphys law, Miles Davis, Rollins Band, The dambuilders, Mars Volta, Beck, The locusts, Fats waller, Ella fitzerald, Louis armstrong, Elvis, Thelonius monk, Ray Charles, Joan as policwoman, Dames, MC Paul Barman, Operation Ivy, Pixies, Fugazi, The Police, Radiohead, Tool, Slayer, Slint, Tom Waits, Yeah yeah yeahs.


Movies: Earthlings,Transformers the movie, Ravenous, Snatch, The notebook, Fight club, Ronin, Haggard, House of 1000 corpses, Donnie Darko, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, The shining, I heart huckabees, Braveheart, American history X, Amen, Super Troopers, Street fighter(s) w/ sonny cheba, Star Wars, Godfather, The believer, Resevor dogs, The hunted, Equilibrium, Life Aquatic, Once upon a time in Mexico, X-men, the professional, Salton sea, Kill Bill 1&; 2, Pulp Fiction, Last Samurai, Fucking Elvis Movies...Who killed the electric car, Fast food nation...


Books: American Gods, Shantaram, Silent spring, marines of autumn, fight club, slaughter house 5, a walk in the woods, lotr, cats cradle, breakfast of champions, hocus pocus, lullaby, the ultimate hitchhikers guide to the universe, zen mind beginners mind, saboteurs, Krishnamurti, Tracker, Grandfather, The Search (Anything by Tom Brown Jr.), The ethics of food, House of leaves, Perfect Wisdom sutras, Gandhi's autobiography,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Antarctic Crew Member Sea Shepherd-2006
Thru Hiked Appalachian Trail - 2009
Thru Hiked Pacific Crest Trail- 2010
Baja Ha Ha- 2010
Cycle Tour of Baja California-2011
Cycle Tour Arcata to Monterrey-2012
Road Trip Portland to Baltimore (Yellowstone,Badlands)-2012

Countries I’ve Visited

Antarctica, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Guam, Iceland, India, Iran, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Sweden

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, United States

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