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.

我为什么加入 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.

兴趣

Climbing, surfing, coffee, reading, travel, and I can't forget politics and economics!

• photography
• coffee
• politics
• reading
• traveling
• surfing
• rock climbing
• economics

音乐、电影和书籍

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

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Those come out in personal stories, a bit hard to relate in an internet blurb, and I'm happy to share in person.

教，学，和分享

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.

我可以与沙发主分享些什么

I love to cook, swap life stories, am fairly handy and enjoy helping with DIY projects.

我游览过的国家

Australia, Belgium, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Ireland, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, San Marino, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

我居住过的国家

Italy, Tonga, United States, Viet Nam

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