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Overview
About Me
CURRENT MISSION
Looking for a city to love and way to move there...
ABOUT ME
I'm easy going, sociable, and respectful. I know a lot about science, the human body, and medicine and am keen to share my knowledge in exchange for yours. I am a crappy guitar player but I play anyway. I like to sing. I'm a yes man. I love being active and doing things outdoors. I have a primal desire to climb anything climbable and will scramble anything remotely safe. I'm keen for new adventure and I'm quick to make new friends.
PHILOSOPHY
Find out what you love. Then find a way to do it for the rest of your life.
Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.
Why I’m on Couchsurfing
HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING
Just finished a tour of 12 US cities during December-January for various interviews. I coulda done the hotel thing I suppose, but there's really no better way to learn about a city than to stay with a local! Plus, I got to meet great people that I would most definitely consider new friends.
Been traveling for the past two months and it's been incredible. Started by couchsurfing through Iceland then Turkey. Meandered my way through Hungary, Czech Republic, Spain, Norway and now Sweden In May, I'll be traveling through Bali and Vietnam and in July I'll be in Columbia and Brazil. I hope to make many new friends and expand my evergrowing CS network. I'll be moving to sunny, snowy Salt Lake City in June and will be happy to host once I get my living situation sorted out!
I'd be happy to host anytime I am residing in a place for an extended period of time. Come to Minneapolis!! It's an awesome city.
COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
I'm just getting started...
Looking forward to where this goes!
Interests
I am super easy to please. I'd like to think that I'm mediocre to decent at many things. I'm a hobby collector. Cooking, eating, running, biking, eating, rockclimbing, snowboarding, bonfires, eating, listening to music, playing music, camping, hiking, exploring, bicycle repair, eating, cheering passionately for teams I know nothing about, local beer, local cuisine, XC skiing, eating.
- singing
- cooking
- beer
- running
- flying
- traveling
- music
- guitar
- outdoor activities
- cycling
- hiking
- camping
- skiing
- snowboarding
- swimming
- medicine
- science
- beaches
Music, Movies, and Books
Oh boy. Music: Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, M83, Sigur Ros, The National, Radiohead, Al Green, Sufjan Stevens, Beta Band, James Blake... these are a few of my favourite things
Books: Favourite, hands down, 100 years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
One Amazing Thing I’ve Done
Chasing flamingos on the beaches of Namibia... they weren't as pink as I thought they'd be. Also, they can fly?!
Drove around the entire country of Iceland.
Yachted across the south coast of the Turkey for 4 days.
Delivered a baby.
Done some serious western US road-tripping.
Cave swimming in Mexico
visited 20 states (40%)
Teach, Learn, Share
You're not cold and bored you're underdressed and boring. There is always a way to find joy in every day, in every season.
Countries I’ve Visited
Australia, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Viet Nam
Countries I’ve Lived In
South Africa, South Korea