Chris
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Minds are like parachutes: they only work when they're open
Male
28 years old
Edinburgh,
United Kingdom
Last Login: 1/6/2009
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Chris's Interests
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| General | Travelling, writing, writing about traveling, (computational) chemistry, football (soccer) - Torquay United, swimming, hiking
| | Music | Bit of eveything really, mainly just the kind of charty stuff that gets played on the radio
| | Movies | Starsky and Hutch; Children of Men; The Last King of Scotland
| | Television | Anything featuring Alan Partridge; The Office; Murder mysteries, especially Waking the Dead; trashy stuff on channel 4, wife swap, that kind of thing; motd; westcountry weekend match (don't get to see that too often these days)
| | Books | The Sword and the Cross by Fergus Fleming; Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy; The Da Vinci Cade; Harry Potter, and most things in between
| | Heroes | Linus Pauling; John Pople; Mungo Park; Arthur Conan-Doyle; Rodney Jack; Alan Partridge
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travel writing, Travel Writing for Beginners, Torquay United, Kilimanjaro Climbers, Computational Chemistry, Restless Me - Travel Writing
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Chris's Details
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| Status: | In a Relationship | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Paignton, Devon | | Zodiac Sign: | Scorpio | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Someday | | Education: | Post grad |
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Chris's Schools
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Oxford University
Oxford, United Kingdom
Graduated: N/A
Degree: Ph.D.
Major: Chemistry
Clubs: Balliol College
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2003 to Present |
Oxford University
Oxford, United Kingdom
Graduated: N/A
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Chemistry
Clubs: Balliol College
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1999 to 2003 |
Torquay Boys' Grammar School
Torquay, United Kingdom
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
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1992 to 1999 |
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Chris's Latest Blog Entry
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Kilimanjaro: Hakuna Matata
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Publication number 2
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I want a word
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Publication!
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An Ice Cube on the Moon
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About me:
Hi, I'm Chris. I've recently finished a PhD in computational chemistry and am now living with my girlfriend in Edinburgh. I'm also something of an aspiring travel writer and have recently published my first travelogue. It's called "Kilimanjaro: Hakuna Matata" and tells the story of my recent trip to climb Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. I'd like to think it would be pretty useful to anyone planning to climb Kilimanjaro, as well as being a good read in its own right.
Any money that I receive from sales of the book is going to be donated to the Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project, an excellent cause dedicated to helping the Tanzanians without whom the climb would be impossible. You can find out more at my website:
www.kilimanjaro-hakuna-matata.com.
I'm also currently running a literary project called "I want a word". The idea is that 10,000 people will each pay £1 for the right to contribute a word of their choice. Then, when all 10,000 words have been contributed, I'll take these words, add a few of my own and create a single, coherent story. It's going to be quite a challenge, but I'm looking forward to it!
If you're interested in contributing, or finding out more about it, visit the website at www.iwantaword.com.
This is the cover of my first novel, which I published quite recently. You can find out more about it (and buy a copy!) at www.lulu.com/christopherbaker, or you can read the first two chapters here. If you'd like to kepp track of my exploits, and various writing projects, check out my blog.
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Who I'd like to meet:
Anyone's who's interested in contributing to I want a word, anyone who likes writing and anyone who's read my book! Please let me know what you thought...
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