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About me

Gender	Male
Occupation	Life
Location	Palmerston North, New Zealand
Introduction	52 year old American by birth, Kiwi by choice. Married to lovely and beautiful Tara with two boys, Taylor 19, and Charlie 10. Moved to New Zealand in 1993. The Journey Continues...
Interests	Tramping, mountains, Leki poles, Boundary Waters, wilderness, Ruahine, Aotearoa, Wisconsin, Green Bay Packers, music, cooking, rivers, environment, reading, writing, poetry, mountaineering history.
Favorite Music	Van Morrison, Tom Russell, Bob Dylan, Chet Baker, Mavis Staples, Johnny Cash, Asleep at the Wheel, Tama Waipara, Wilco, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Steel Pulse, Whirimako Black, Bruce Cockburn, Ray Charles, The Jayhawks, The Band, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Warren Zevon, Ry Cooder, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Grateful Dead, Gerry Mulligan, Emmy Lou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Golden Smog, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Little Feat, John Coltrane, My Morning Jacket, Fat Freddy's Drop, Dave Brubek, Louie Armstrong, Steve Earle, John Prine, The Replacements, Charlie Parker, Lucinda Williams, Richard Thompson, Gary Louris, Mark Olson, Tiki Taane, Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Patsy Cline, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Paul Cebar, Glen Hansard, Adam Costa, Tony Joe White, John Lee Hooker, Hound Dog Taylor, Lyle Lovett, John Mayall, James Hunter, Freddy Fender, Gretchen Peters, Ben Weaver, Mickey Newbury, Trinity Roots, Breaks Co-op, to name a few...
Favorite Books	Edward Abbey, The Journey Home, The Monkey Wrench Gang, Desert Solataire, John Muir, Travels in Alaska, Alan Watts, Cloud Hidden, Charles Bukowski, Hunter Thompson, Hone Tuwhare, Barry Crump, Sigurd Olson, Ken Kesey