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Overview

  • 14 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2009
  • Traveling!
  • Physics Bsc from University Of Southampton
  • From pyrford, england
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Meet great people and climb in great places in USA and Canada.

ABOUT ME

Travelled for 20 months in Asia, Australia, NZ and South America. Fell in love with rock climbing along the way. Now planning a climbing trip across USA and Canada.

I'm a fairly laid back person but i wouldnt say i'm lazy, certainly not messier than your average. I honestly think I'm very easy to get on with, but maybe everyone thinks that about themselves?

I enjoy a healthy mix of being active, chilling and partying. I like movies and comedy TV, non-fiction books & lots of other things. I've taken up rock climbing on my travels and am really enjoying it & climbing hard. I've been climbing in Nepal, Thailand, Laos Korea, China, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Ecuador Colombia, UK & France so far.

I'm flying into Kentucky on the 16th April. I'm flying home from Vancouver on 9th August. Looking to meet people and climb everywhere inbetween.

PHILOSOPHY

Well I guess at the moment it's just that traveling is amazing and I'm so glad I'm actually doing it.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm new to this, and am currently traveling so surfing only. Meeting people all round the world. I look forward to meeting other travelers back home when I'm able to host them. And I'd love to host someone I surfed with, I think it would be cool to see each others towns.

I've been to CS meetings in Sao Paulo and Rio. I think they're a great way to meet people and share experiences.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've stayed with people in Japan, Korea, China, Australia, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia & Brasil since I´ve been on this trip. Some of these people I met climbing, some through couch surfing. I've really enjoyed my experiences. I've met such cool people and I think I've seen alot that I would have missed if I just stayed in Hostels. I think the best thing about couch surfing is meeting people that are like minded & interesting, as well as having local knowledge.

Interests

ROCK CLIMBING, I love to climb(traveling with my harness and shoes) (¡Escalar roca, tengo equipo!), slack line, snowboarding, football (I love a kickabout to break the language barrier), skateboarding, table tennis, volleyball, frisbee, cycling, swimming

& mario kart etc etc

I like animals, especially cats.

I´m very interested in spanish language exchange. Quiero intercambio de idiomas. Quiero aprender mas espanol!

  • animals
  • cats
  • books
  • cooking
  • recipes
  • partying
  • flying
  • movies
  • tv
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • guitar
  • cycling
  • surfing
  • snowboarding
  • skateboarding
  • rock climbing
  • soccer
  • tennis
  • volleyball
  • swimming
  • table tennis
  • physics
  • language exchange

Music, Movies, and Books

a tiny selection >

Hendrix, High Contrast, Bungle, Marky, Logistics, DJ Fresh, Icicle, Friction, Biggie, Big Pun, DJ Yoda, Amon Tobin, Bloc Party, Jehst, Caspa & Rusko, Chase & Status, Chemical Bros, Moby, The Streets, Audio Bullys, Michael Jackson, Oasis, Stereophonics, Bonobo, Mr Scruff, Bhangra, Theivery Corp, Quantic.

Drum and Bass, Hospital Records, RAM, Shogun Audio: from rolling liquid tunes to straight rowdy jump up, love it all.

I really love movies, most genres are good, I like a good horror. Event Horizon, [REC], Akira, American Beauty, Mighty Ducks, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Anchorman, Team America, Spirited Away, Donnie Darko, The Ring, Old Boy, Sin City, The Usual Suspects,

Shantaram, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Rum Diaries, LOTR. Biographies of interesting people. Anything by Bill Bryson.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Annapurna circuit, Nepal. So many more.

Teach, Learn, Share

CLIMBING!...
I'm up for learning a little bit of everything. I can play very basic guitar, could teach you that or you could teach me alot more. I really want to learn the language of wherever I am. I like cooking but don't usually follow set recipes, so learning and teaching is a possibility there.
I'm more than happy to teach english to people that are learning it. I did a Physics degree, so I can try to explain what I remember from that. Oh and also I can fix your computer or pimp your ipod.

ESTUDIO ESPAÑOL!

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