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  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 47, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • Exploring, Travling, Adventureing
  • University Leeds UK ba in sociology
  • From I feel most at home in the mountains
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy life, live in the moment

ABOUT ME

I am from the UK. I have been traveling for the last 3 years, one year in South America and the last 2 in New Zealand, After spending some time in Hawaii and Colorado, I returned to England, I am now living in Leeds. wondering what to do next...

I love the outdoors and anything that evolves that. I love to travel and see how other people live. A big passion in my life now is dance, I'm learning Tango and try to get to lost of Contact Improvisation workshops \ jams.

PHILOSOPHY

"be the change you want to see in the world" - gandhi, It's a good philosophy one I would like to adhere to.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I hope to host a couch as soon as I have a suitable house in the UK, I love my county (well some bits) and would like to show people the nicer places around where I live. I also think it is really expensive to travel and stay in the UK so I would like people who traditional would find it too costly to come and be able to explore.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I'm new to all this, but I like hitching and picking up hitchers, which I guess must be similar. Especially as the last two I picked up ended up staying on my couch. And in NZ I have had some really positive experience of being put up for the night by complete strangers. its a great way to meet all kind of different people.

Interests

Dancing, Climbing, Hiking, Skiing, Ski touring, bike touring, traveling, outdoor music festivals. and anything along those lines.

  • music festivals
  • festivals
  • dancing
  • tango
  • environment
  • walking
  • traveling
  • music
  • outdoor activities
  • cycling
  • hiking
  • skiing
  • rock climbing
  • mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

The golden Compass, The subtle knife, and the amber spyglass(trilogy), The Assassins apprentice(robin hob) and the 8 books that follow in 3 trilogies. God of small things has such poetic writing. Love most music especially live, movies - so many. Donnie Darko, city of lost children, Breakfast at Tiffanie's, singing in the rain, a scanner darkly, the since of sleep, waking life, Baraka, crouching tiger hidden dragon, and lots that fit in between.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Heaps, and heaps more to see and do. I don't really like to go on about it all, but may be if we meet I'll have some interesting stories that come up!

Teach, Learn, Share

I have done lots of climbing and walking have trained in my Summer mountain leader qualification and been a project manager on large Hiking trips (20 days with up to 17 people) I am always happy to teach others and take others into the mountains. I continue to learn more about the winter mountain environment (avalanche awareness and winter navigation). I am also interested in learning more about permacutlure.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Peru, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, New Zealand

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