CURRENT MISSION

Our objective is to see as much of the planet as humanly possible; camping, couchsurfing and meeting new friends along the way.

ABOUT ME

Clay: For the past three years I have been completing a degree in photojournalism and working as a freelance photographer in Columbia, Missouri. Before finding a passion for photography I worked as a computer technician for many years, and held a number of odd jobs including pizza maker, tour guide, waiter, dog walker and barback.

Heather: I have been working as a Para Educator for the last four years, assisting a boy with Cerebral Palsy as he graduated from middle school and worked his way through high school. I also have extensive experience working with children as I held a second job at a daycare for many years. I like to write in my spare time and I am working on completing an English degree.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe that we each get one life, and that it is our solemn duty to have as much fun as humanly possible while we are here.

I also believe that we have the potential to create any kind of world we want, but that we are currently squandering that potential in almost every way imaginable.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

We have stayed with two hosts in the Seattle area who were excellent tour guides and quickly became good friends.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We've only used couchsurfing in the Seattle area so far. We are both looking forward to surfing with some wonderful people in other areas and hosting other wonderful people as soon as we find a place to settle.

Interests

Damn Near Everything.

Including, but not limited to: Aikido, Skydiving, Rafting, Canyoning, Kite Surfing, Hiking, Camping, Reading, Writing, Music, Art, Literature, Photography, and much more...

• dogs
• arts
• writing
• literature
• photography
• electronics
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• kite surfing
• camping
• surfing
• skydiving
• martial arts
• teaching
• freelancing
• software
• tourism
• parks
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Army of Darkness, EuroTrip, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Fight Club, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Die Hard, Memento, Indiana Jones, The Mummy and the Mummy Returns, Lord of War, The Usual Suspects, Everything by Christopher Guest, The Big Lebowski, American Beauty, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Children of Men, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Moon, The Wrestler

Music: The Avett Brothers, Joshua Panda, Flogging Molly, Tool, Morphine, Josh Ritter, Blind Melon, Audioslave, Modest Mouse, Muse, Kings Of Leon, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, The Flaming Lips, VAST, A Perfect Circle, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Cake, Hot Sauce Johnson, mc chris, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, The Foo Fighters, The Dungeon Family, The Firesign Theatre, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Regina Spektor, Ryan Adams, The Killers, The Black Keys, Mumford and Sons

Books: Ishmael, The Story of B, After Dachau, The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, The Origin of Consciousness, Dancing With Mosquitos, Glory Road, The Door into Summer, Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Chronicles of Amber, The Wheel of Time, The Continuum Concept, Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas, The Otherland Series, The Sas Survival Handbook, The Onion Compilations, America: The Book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Can't Buy My Love, Amusing Ourselves to Death, His Dark Materials, The Great Awakening, Flow

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Just before Christmas 2009 I earned a class 'A' skydiving license while traveling in New Zealand. A Danish friend and I stayed for a month in beautiful Motueka, NZ, where we got to skydive almost daily over mountains, oceans and national parks all squeezed into a few hundred square miles. Seeing the sunset at 13,000 feet over that landscape was by far the most amazing thing I've ever seen.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share a great deal of technical knowledge about computer hardware, software, digital cameras, and other electronics. I often get asked for informal "picture lessons" and am happy to share photography tips and tricks.

I also have seven years of martial arts experience in Aikido, the Japanese system of self-defense known as "The Way of Harmony," and I am happy to share that with anyone who is interested as well.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Germany, Mexico, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United States

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