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Overview

  • 7 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 41, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Designer/Fabricator
  • Bachelors in Design- BSID / Associates in Drafting and En...
  • From Baltimore MD
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Live, adventure travel, enjoy, meet new people, and explore life

ABOUT ME

Always energized and constantly on the move. People often have to tell me to slow down so they can catch up.... I say sleep when your dead. I havn't owned a TV in years and don't miss it at all. I will try anything once... twice if I didn't learn my lesson the first time.

PHILOSOPHY

"Live everyday like its your last"
"Do something you love everyday... even if its only for 10 minutes"
"Men do the thing they do to become the men they want to be"
"if your gonna try... go all the way"
"Dont let dreams be dreams"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I plan to touch foot in every continent in the next few years and plan to create great travel stories, make friends, and new experiences along the way

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

While traveling in Nepal and India I stayed in everywhere from "nice hotels" to a park bench and it was all an amazing experience. I used to travel the US for snowboarding and music tours and have friends all around. I always hit them up for a place to crash when I'm rolling through... and vice versa

Interests

trail Running, Climbing, Working out, Motorcycles, Camping, Designing, Building, learning new skills, welding, woodworking,

  • design
  • running
  • working out
  • motorcycles
  • tv
  • traveling
  • woodworking
  • music
  • camping
  • snowboarding
  • trail running
  • rock climbing
  • tours
  • adventure travel

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies- Die Hard(s), Dawn of the Dead, Dusk till Dawn...

Books- Zen of Motorcycle Maintenance, Bukowski poems, 10 innovative people...

Music- put the ipod or pandora on suffle

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

not in an particular order...
•Helped train a friend to lose 120 lbs in 12 months
•Hiked the foothills of the himalayas
•drove an elephant
•Hiked the Grand Canyon down and back in the same day
•Motorcycle trip across the US east > west

Teach, Learn, Share

I am a designer and fabricator that creates prototypes in wood, metal, clay, digital form, and much more. Skilled with various materials along with design and manufacturing techniques.

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, India, Nepal, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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