CURRENT MISSION

live life simply. i have a list of life goals and places to see and i am constantly updating and accomplishing them.

ABOUT ME

i love to hike, camp, bike, read, watch movies, make short films, travel, and play music. i love hanging out and doing crazy things. work will not rule my life; so if i have to quit my job to do something i love, i'll do it.

PHILOSOPHY

i live a life that some would consider a tall tale. i believe we only have one life to live and we need to live it out in full. my life motto is "you only live once." i do believe in God and that i am here to be an example to others.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

i want to open up my house to travelers and share my traveling experiences and passions and in return hear about their travels and interests.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

my friend and i bicycled from San Francisco to Boston during the summer of 2010 camping and couchsurfing all the way. met tons of awesome people that i still keep in touch with today.

Interests

hiking, biking, reading, making/watching movies, making/listening music, photography, camping, rock climbing.

• photography
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Authors: Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, Mark Twain, Jon Krakauer, and Shane Claiborne.

Music: Simon & Garfunkel, Andrew Bird, Josh Ritter, Paul Simon, Blink-182, Fleet Foxes, Sigur Ros, Bob Dylan, mewithoutYou, Beatles, Beirut, Wilco, David Bazan, Jim Croce, Watashi Wa, Akron/Family, Sufjan Stevens, and the Velvet Underground.

Movies: i enjoy a lot of movies but mainly by directors like: Wes Anderson, Werner Herzog, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Soderbergh, Darren Arronofsky, Stanley Kubrick, Terrence Malik, Ingmar Bergman, and Jean-Luc Godard.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

hitchhiked around iceland for 2 weeks camping where ever and exploring the most beautiful place on earth. we slept under a bridge in a skaftafell national park where we scooped out the rocks to keep our sleeping bags out of the wind. we spent the next day hiking all around the glacier.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Rwanda, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Peru, United States

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