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Overview

  • 9 references 4 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning French
  • Unspecified age, Male
  • Member since 2005
  • Beach Tech
  • I studied Philosophy at UW Madison for 2 years and decide...
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Travel more!

ABOUT ME

I'm a pretty easy going, open-minded guy. My current goal is to travel and take challenges as they come. I want to learn about the world on my own terms and experience cultures other than my own.

PHILOSOPHY

When in Rome...

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I couch surfed my way through Europe several years ago, traveled Southeast Asia, and sailed the South Pacific. Most recently I lived on Maui working on a whale watching and snorkel boat. We have had several couch surfers over the past few months.

Interests

travel, music, hiking/ backpacking, philosophy, coffee & tea, biking, writing, reading, organic farming, camping, kayaking & sailing, ramdomness, life

  • fish
  • writing
  • beer
  • coffee
  • boating
  • reading
  • traveling
  • music
  • cycling
  • fishing
  • hiking
  • backpacking
  • kayaking
  • camping
  • snorkeling
  • sailing
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: I Heart Huckabees, The Life Aquatic, The Big Lebowski, The Royal Tenenbaums, Waking Life, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Star Wars Episodes 3-6, Music: Arcade Fire, Iron and Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, Yonder Mountain String Band, Pink Floyd, Broken Social Scene, Apostle of Hustle, Books: Days of War, Nights of Love, Ishmael, Journey to Ixtlan, Tales of Power, On the Road, Dharma Bums, The Stranger, The Wall, Being and Nothingness?, Electric Kool-aid Acid Test

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sailing out to Chambers Island with my landlord and friend Dave, Preston, Bartz and his GF, and Julia. We drank beer and relaxed on a deserted sand beach all afternoon. When it was time to leave we swam out to the boat and motored back to Fish Creek. It was one of the best days of the summer.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Nepal, Netherlands, Switzerland, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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