CURRENT MISSION

Raising a beautiful daughter and preparing for the next voyage

ABOUT ME

Backcountry dry-stone mason in Yosemite high country for the last five summers, with some stints in other western parks, currently residing in Portland and working as an apprentice to a craftsman. Trying to get out in the gorge and climb every weekend.

PHILOSOPHY

"In essence, we all need social isolates that have economic bases which support creative and innovative efforts to customize values we need."

Vine Deloria Jr.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My room/floor space is available as long as I am home and not hosting others.

Interests

Climbing, sailing, learning new languages and customs, food, alternative transportation, mythology

• perfumes
• dining
• yoga
• sailing
• skiing
• rock climbing
• languages
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

I'll put one of each:

The Gary Snyder Reader
Joni Mitchell's Blue
Underground: Once Upon a Time There Was a Country

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watched Hurricane Juan sink my friend's sailboat in October 2003 in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Teach, Learn, Share

Climbing, sailing, fermentation, cobbing, yoga

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