CURRENT MISSION

Get to know myself and love myself.

ABOUT ME

English and American in almost equal doses, open, loving, logical, crazy, philosophical, quiet, tall, trail runner, rower, nice guy.

PHILOSOPHY

Don't kill/hurt if you don't have to.... Vegetarian for many years.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Meet people, make new friends, enjoy cheap traveling and share my home with fellow travelers.

Interests

Understanding the nature of reality, consciousness and in general what this existence is all about!? How to live now and be happy !

Computers, AI, Artificial Intelligence, working with, in and about computers, ASICs, FPGAs, engineering, all things future, science fiction, video recording, audio recording, photography, drone flying and videography, rowing, Mountains, sea, taking photographs, getting philosophical, getting outdoors, eating, experiencing, learning, opening, plant medicines. Meeting people, communicating with people, enjoying people. Dying happy! Living in the moment.

And more....

• hiking
• rowing
• computer science
• mountains
• death
• food
• adventure
• life
• mushrooms
• computers
• ayahuasca
• experiences
• plant medicine
• wild swimming
• ritual
• magic mushrooms
• ceremony
• wachuma

Music, Movies, and Books

Sci Fi anything.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Slept 1/2 way up El Cap.
Jumped out of an airplane.
Seen my daughter born.
Soaked in a hot river in Iceland surrounded by ice, snow and sun.
Experienced many different mornings.
Rowed.
Run
Ayahuasca ceremonies
Wachuma ceremonies
Visited the Keros
Been sung to in Quechua
Can't pick one! Soooo many!
And many to come!

Teach, Learn, Share

Medicine ceremonies and cooking, computers, photography, drone flying, rowing, health, fitness.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Conversation, help with their computers, networks, photography and Photoshop, rowing, running, fitness. Knowledge of Peru, Cusco and the Sacred Valley, USA and UK. Some experience with Peruvian medicines: Ayahuasca and Wachuma/Juachuma/San Pedro, medicine ceremonies and cooking. Sharing any experience or conversation my hosts care to share. Holding space. I am totally open to talking about anything. ANYTHING. I listen without judgment. Or just sharing loving company.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Peru, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Chile, Peru, United Kingdom, United States