CURRENT MISSION

To find Truth and to connect with people.

ABOUT ME

I was born and raised in Eau Claire, WI. At the age of 12 I moved with my parents to Belarus. Since then I have travelled to many places and experienced many wonderful things. The urge to travel entered my blood at that point and has only grown stronger as I have become an adult.

Travelling, for me, is a form of growing. I feel that the more I see of this Earth and of other people's cultures, the more my world view changes; the more I understand it all.

PHILOSOPHY

"There's always someone cooler than you..."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host people on their way through Palmer, AK. I meet with others for dinner/drinks when I cannot host them.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted a few people now and have had some great experiences. I was so nervous at first to let some stranger in my house, but I have been pleasantly surprised to find how easy it becomes to trust a stranger when a situation forces me to trust. I feel like I have grown as a human being by allowing these experiences to happen.

Interests

Photography, books, music, travel, coffee, beer and whiskey, food, climbing, backpacking, trail running.

I am going to do my first triathlon this year.

• books
• photography
• dining
• beer
• coffee
• triathlon
• running
• drinking
• traveling
• music
• backpacking
• trail running
• rock climbing
• military science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:
Ryan Adams, The Tune Yards, Talib Kweli, Iron & Wine, The Glitch Mob, Radiohead, Die Antwoord, Kanye (don't hate...), Galactic, Primus, The Roots....

Movies:
Amelie, Delicatessen and pretty much anything by Jeunet; The Godfather Trilogy; Pulp Fiction; I (heart) Huckabees; The Seventh Seal and everything I've seen so far by Bergman....more to come.

Books:
"All About Love" by bell hooks
"Violence: Six Sideways Reflections" by Slavoj Žižek
"A Language Older Than Words" by Derrick Jensen

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have watched Mount McKinley fade away at sunset and watched it rise over Waikiki. I have kayaked among seals and under glaciers. I have watched the changing of the guard at both Lenin's tomb (Moscow) and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (D.C.).

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovakia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belarus, Russian Federation, United States

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