CURRENT MISSION

explore Ecaudor's rivers and mountains

ABOUT ME

I'm a writer and a whitewater raft guide, leaving my office job in Seattle to go explore Ecuador. My goal is to spend as much time possible exploring rivers and hiking mountains - hoping to meet others interested in the same. I'll be volunteering at a few whitewater rafting companies in Ecuador and sprucing up my Spanish.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've had some cool experiences couchsurfing when I biked from West Palm Beach, Florida to Key West with a friend, meeting many adventurous and likeminded new friends.

Interests

bicycles. 24 hour diners. a bald eagle who would wear a toupee. whitewater raft guiding. wine. philosophy. reading. radio lab podcast. conversation. rock-climbing. art galleries. fun.

• arts
• writing
• wine
• flying
• reading
• hiking
• whitewater rafting
• rock climbing
• tourism
• volunteering
• beaches
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: White Teeth by Zadie Smith, Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut, Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace, What are people for? by Wendell Berry, essays of Schopenhauer, poetry of Franz Wright, the list goes on!

Music: Talking Heads, Leonard Cohen, Of Montreal, Anna Calvi, Brian Eno, Alt-J, Damien Jurado, Beach House, St. Vincent

Movies: My Dinner w/ Andre, Love & Death by Woody Allen, Children of Men, No Direction Home: Bob Dylan documentary by Scorcese, Marwencol, anything by Herzog

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Trekking across Canyonlands in Utah, rafting the Rio Grande river in New Mexico, watching Michael Chabon read from Adventures from Kavalier & Clay, and seeing thousands of bats fly out of a cave in Colorado.