Curious about most things. Love meeting new people, talking about ideas, and playing outside. Grew up in Central California, consider the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to be home, and have lived in Alaska, Italy, Viet Nam, and Tonga and currently living in Bend.
Interested in Adventure Sports
Fluent in English
Learning Italian
Pioneer Badge
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING I've offered up my couch to travelers for many years, then I found COuch Surfing in 2007. This is great! It is the single best travel tool, far more important than a pack towel or headlamp! COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE I've traveled a bit, usually for climbing, sometimes for the hell of it. If it wasn't for the kindness of strangers, I would have had many hard nights in strange cities.
Music, Movies, and Books
Books: The Righteous Mind, The Master and His Emissary, Malcolm X's autobiography, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. Anything by Steinbeck, Marquez, Heinline, K.S. Robinson. I tend to like nonfiction, but relevant fiction can be wonderful. Music: Anything live is good Movies: Baraka, The Secretary, Big Fish, Pans Labyrinth, Brazil
One Amazing Thing I've Done
Those come out in personal stories, a bit hard to relate in an internet blurb, and I'm happy to share in person.
Teach, Learn, Share
I'm a geek about community development, economics, local government, and behavioral psychology. I love to climb big rocks, small rocks, or even buildings. I love to share that experience and sensation with others and teach them the ropes, so to speak. As for learning, the more I learn, the more I realize I don't know, so if we meet, I know I will learn new things, an I hope I can offer the same.
What I Can Share With Hosts
I love to cook, swap life stories, am fairly handy and enjoy helping with DIY projects.
My Interests
Climbing, surfing, coffee, reading, travel, and I can't forget politics and economics!
