Field notebook / system log / unfinished map

I'm driven by curiosity.

Not the polite kind

the kind that pulls you off track,
breaks plans,
and opens doors you didn't know existed.

I explore the intersection of systems, effort, and expression.

This is not a portfolio.

This is a log of explorations.

01 Systems Science, models, tools, climate, structure. 02 Effort Endurance, limits, recovery, lessons from strain. 03 Expression Drawings, motion, visual notes, unfinished artifacts.

01 / Systems

Where curiosity becomes method.

Science, geoscience, modeling, climate work, and technical experiments live here. This section is structured on purpose. It is the part of the system trying to make sense of the noise.

Projects

Field work, processing, mapping, interpretation.

Marine geoscience, offshore surveys, geophysical workflows, subsurface interpretation, and the operational discipline required to turn raw signals into decisions.

Experiments

Tools for seeing structure.

Models, small software tools, process design, technical notes, and experiments that try to reveal how a system behaves instead of just what it produces.

I am interested in systems not as tools, but as ways of making sense of noise, where structure emerges, and decisions become possible.

02 / Effort

What the body teaches the mind.

Endurance is not a side note here. Cycling, climbing, Everesting, and long efforts are part of the same inquiry: what happens when structure meets uncertainty, and you keep moving anyway.

Mind over Body

When endurance becomes a thinking tool.

Across Andes, Randonneur, climbing, and Everesting. Places where pacing, fatigue, terrain, and decisions stop being theoretical, and the body becomes a way to test what the mind can actually hold together.

I am interested in effort not as achievement, but as a way of discovering your inner self and what survives after friction.

03 / Expression

Where the notes stop being technical.

Drawings, animation, visual fragments, and zines. Less explanation, more presence. This section is built to feel immersive, spare, and open-ended.

Observation

Sketches and studies that slow perception down until attention becomes the subject.

Motion

Frames, loops, and moving compositions that test rhythm, tension, and atmosphere.

Artifacts

Small formats, personal publications, and unfinished artifacts that still carry signal.

04 / About

Not a CV. More like a condition.

I am Daniel, also known as Napo. I work across marine geoscience, climate tech, endurance, and visual expression, but the categories are less important than the force moving through them.

My background includes marine geoscience, technical field work, data interpretation, climate-oriented ventures, and a builder mindset shaped by making things before they are fully justified.

Curiosity, for me, is not a strength to put on a profile. It is a condition. Sometimes useful. Sometimes disruptive. Usually expensive. Always turning into something.

05 / Field Notes