chrysser

About me

I am a geographical mutt with insatiable curiousity. Doesn't matter whether I'm at home or halfway across the planet, I want to learn and explore the people, places and things that make a location unique. Typical tourism is not for me. I go deep when I'm out and about. I've wrangled rhinos in Africa, tagged kangaroos in Australia and rebuilt sailboats in Baja. At present I'm parked in Idaho hugging the Canadian border writing furiously before I forget anything important and cooking in between.

Why I travel

Because I am a geographical mutt with a healthy restlessness. I understand the world is bigger than the USA.

Travel style

Have the round trip plane ticket with a few loose plans. No set itinerary so I can stay longer if I like or move on if the spirit moves me. Guess I'm rather Taoist about the whole thing. Have done most of my vagabonding solo with intermitten overlaps with others of my tribe, male or female.

Ideal place to watch the sunset

On the deck after a serious day of earning my turns the telemark way ( Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, the Sierra Nevada, the Ruby Mountains in NE Nevada)

Ideal place to watch the sunrise

On the bluff above Coffee Bay, South Africa

Before I die I'd like to

Ski somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere. I'm not picky....any continent with snow in June, July and August will do.

I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture when

I can cook, dance and play with their kids.

Let's collaborate

I'm a freelance writer a little "challenged" in the photography department. I am a good writer and would love to hook up with the visually gifted and create some wonderful stories. a good story never goes out of style, and although people say they can see the places I write of, that old chestnut about what a picture is worth is a cliche for a reason.

Favorite artist(s)

My friend, John Brogan, Georgia O'Keefe, Jackson Pollard, Ansel Adams, the Zimbabwe artist whose block prints are on my bedroom wall , but I can't make out his signature.

Sports I do

Telemark skiing, swimming, hiking and the occasional mountain biking trek.

I want to make a difference by

Telling stories in print and outloud....the latter by a campfire near a mountain lake if at all possible

Tunes I rock out to

Anything by John Hiatt, The Subdudes, Bonnie Ratt, all things Cajun or Zydeco ( can't be in a blue mood listening to these genres),Koko Taylor and The Allman Brothers

Favorite books

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins, Naturalist by Edward O. Wilson, The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff