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Articles related to "Hitch Hiking"
Chalk and Cheese: Two Views of Ireland. Two people hitched around Ireland roughly ten years apart and wrote full accounts of their trip. You could hardly imagine two different accounts from hitch-hikers travelling the same country though ... here's a quick review of Tony Hawks' and Rosita Boland's books. hitch-hiking • hitch hiking • hitch-hike • hitch hike • ireland
Hitch-hiking: A Course in Personal Development? Long term hitch-hikers tend to have strong personalities. At least that's what experience tells me. The surprising thing is, what little objective research into hitching I've found, lends a little credence to the idea beyond mere supposition. This article walks us through the evidence we have ... hitch-hiking • hitching • situations • deaths • personality development
Esperanto and the Hitch-hiker Believe it or not, Esperanto and Hitch-hiking have some things in common. When asked to explain what, I thought "now there's material for an article ...". In fact it was a talk, and the article follows, but here's a run-down on what Esperantists and Hitch-hikers share, spiced with a little ramble on both themes ... hitch-hiking • hitch hiking
Rainbows and Hitching Circles Ever heard of the Rainbow Family? Rainbow Gatherings? This August I joined my first one and have a story to tell ... rainbow family • rainbow gathering • hitch-hiking • circle • hitch hiking
Roller-Hitching (or Take Your Skates?) Did you ever consider taking your rollerskates on a tour of Europe. Cruising the highways, thumbing it from time tot ime, skating when the mood took you. I tried just that last summer to see how it goes ... here's the verdict. rollerblade • rollerskate • lausanne • geneva • lake geneva
The Worst Day of My Life... How bad can hitch-hiking really get? Well I wasn't murdered, and I wasn't raped, but this day certainly qualified for the worst day of my living memory, exploring the depths of my emotional trauma ... and even then, it wasn't all that bad I guess, I am after all still alive and my body intact. hitch-hiking • hitchhiking • hitch-hike • hitchhike
An Irony of Cycles A friend of mine thought it unsurprising that hitching is so poorly researched. It's just like riding a bike after all ... That got me thinking ... research artciles publications cycling skating
A Dearth of Research: Does anyone really know anything about hitch-hiking? In spite of all the talk about hitch-hiking, for or against, particularly on the subjects of risk and utility, there has barely ever been any research conducted into the matter! A few of the researchers who have looked into it share their surprise and dismay with us ... research
The Hitch-hiking Grandmother: "that" Grace Small Grace Small was a most remarkable woman. She witnessed the birth of the automobile as a popular form of transport, taught others to drive them, and later in life thumbed them down. grandmother • hitchhiking • grace small
A Hitch-hiker's Christmas Hitching around Switzerland on the eve of the 24th, brought to light some interesting paradoxes about this time of year I've long been aware of. Why is it, that at this special time of honouring love and caring, the teachings of Christ, there is so much loneliness and heartache? Find here some musings on Christendom from the hitch-hikers perspective ... christmas • christianity • christians • easter • hitch-hiking
A Stage is Set: the IHHC rides . . . The 2nd International Hitch-Hikers' Conference took place in Warsaw this March. it's not a big event, but conjures wildly interesting images in my mind. I'd be most curious to see one of these events in action, and look forward to participating in next years if I can. Here's some imagery on my part touched up with some hard facts on hitch-hiking conferences ... hitch-hiking conference • hitchhiking
A Tribute to Dreilinden One of the best hitching spots in Europe falls to the cutting sword of progress .... hitch-hiking • dreilinden • culture • progress • decline
A True Record: A hitch around the world A little disillusioned with the number crunching of the Guinness Book records? How the add up the miles and days to see who's hitched fastesr, furthest, or most? Well, here's a suggestions for a qualitative record, rather than quantitative ... guinness book of records • around the worls • hitching • hitch hiking
America the sort of safe... Survival rules for strangers in our strange land . . . crime • data • travel • tourist • safety
An Auspicous Occasion Hitch-hiking Australia with a Maori and a Swagman and lots of beer. hitch-hiking • maori • swagman • australia • beer
Casual Carpooling: Hitch-hiking to Work Hitch-hiking in the States is clearly unfashionable. Casual carpooling though is kicking in as a growing phenomenon - fuelled mainly by people trying to get to work. I tried my thumb at it recently and have entered the ranks of the casual carpoolers - the new, respectable hitch-hikers :-). casual carpooling
Eradicating Boundaries: It's A Small World Among Hitch-hikers After All ... Barbara Noske is a noted social researcher. She's also an ardent hitch-hiker and has published in both fields. She happened to pass by one day and we sat down for chat ... barbara noske
Experiments in Hitch-hiking: What works best? Ever wondered what works best in fishing rides? Most people have. It's the source of much discussion among hitch-hikers and one of the motivations behind endless "Hitch-hiker's Guides" which try to help their readers fish rides faster. A small handful of people have tried to find out experimentally and reported their results in scientific literature ... science research
Hitching Down Under: Still a Very Happening Thing In Australia, like in the United States there's a general feeling that hitching is a thing of the past, just not viable any more. The murder of seven hitch-hikers not far from my home didn't help lighten that view any! Still, I wasn't about to let that shake me -- well I was, but I hitched anyway ... believe me, hitching is alive and well in Oz, and thumbing there was one of the most beautiful months I can remember. Here's the story. oz • hitching • hitch-hiking • ivan milat • backpacker murders
Hitching is not just Ride Sharing! People often talk of ride sharing agencies as a form of organised hitch-hiking. But there are striking differences, not least of which is organisation! FInd out here, just why people continue to hitch-hike, and what makes ride-sharing very different to thumbing around ...
More Records: Record breaking hitches in summary A summary of record breaking hitch-hikes extracted from the Guinness Book. hitching • hitch hiking • records • guinness book
Secure Hitch-hiking (in a new age) Is it possible that hitch-hiking can benefit from simple technologies to boost security, clean up its reputation and make everyone happy again? Probably not, but maybe some things will change anyway, the times are, after all, a changin' ... technology • hitch-hiking • new year • new ideas • cahh
Seven League Books: A Review of the Web's Hitching Literature. Looking for literature on the web, I came across seven pieces long enough to warrant the title "book". Well, what a coincidence, I'd just read and reviewed the wonderful hitch-hiking adventures of Wendy Myers, entitled "Seven League Boots" -- what better sign that I should review these seven league books ... here's the introduction to a series of seven book reviews. online books • hitching • hitch hiking
The 3rd International Hitch-Hikers Conference Imagine it: hitch-hikers from a variety of countries all coming together to talk about their experiences, enjoy some time together and discuss plans on improving the popularity, safety and image of their past-time ... I'm sure for many the idea sounds crazy, but all the same, it happens, once a year, and here's my brief acount of the third year this conference took place. international hitch-hikers conference • vilnius • lithuania • hitch hiking • hitching
The 4th International Hitch-Hiking Conference It was a long way to go, and only for the hardy, or the crazy, but I was spurred on by a pretty gal and off I went, yet again to Vilnius to enjoy the company of almost 100 other hitchers coming together for a good time. conference • kaziuko muge • vilnius • hitch-hiking • hitch-hiker's guide to everywhere
The Dangers of Hitching: Passive, Active and Ride Sharing Hitch-hiking is generally held to be a rather dangerous activitiy. Some people are so afraid of the idea they'll go to any lengths to paint a hitch-hiker as a suicidal freak, particularly if that hitch-hikker happens to be a woman. Ride sharing in turn is often presented as a safe alternative, hook up with a driver through a notice board, or organisation that lends some credibility and forethought to the whole deal. And yet, is it all so safe? And is hitching all so dangerous? ride-sharing • hitch-hiking • hitchhiking • passive hitcher • active hitcher
The Fifth League: <I>Hitchhiking Through Southern France </I> The fifth in a series of seven reviews of on-line tales of hitch-hiking, that are lengthy enough to call books. online books • hitching • hitch hiking
The First League: <I>The Tao of Hitch-Hiking</I> The first in a series of seven reviews of on-line tales of hitch-hiking, that are lengthy enough to call books. online book review • martin segal • electronic books • hitching • hitch-hiking
The Fourth League: <I>Rhedeg I Paris </I> The fourth in a series of seven reviews of on-line tales of hitch-hiking, that are lengthy enough to call books. running to paris • online books • hitching • hitch hiking
The Pros and Cons of Hitch-Hiking Much of the focus on hitch-hiking seems to be negative. Why is that? There are surely risks involved, the cons so to speak, but dhould we neglect the returns altogether, the pros? Some simpley musings on what hitching costs and what it brings ...
The Risk/Return Ratio Ever wonder how serious people decide what to do and what not to do? Well, they balance up the risks with returns. In financial circles they talk of a Risk/Return ratio, but it applies to all walks of life ... even to the question: Should I hitch, or should I not? risk • return • risk/return • hitch-hiking
The Second League: <I>Innocence Abroad </I> The second in a series of seven reviews of on-line tales of hitch-hiking, that are lengthy enough to call books. online books • hitching • hitch hiking
The Sixth League: The 24 Hour Hitch The sixth in a series of seven reviews of on-line tales of hitch-hiking, that are lengthy enough to call books. hitching • hitch hiking • online books • the 24 hours hitch • sixth league
The Third League: <I>Europa </I> The third in a series of seven reviews of on-line tales of hitch-hiking, that are lengthy enough to call books. online books • hitching • hitch hiking • europe
The World Hitch-Hiker's Association: culture and hospitality among hitch-hikers world-wide Hitch-hikers are almost by nature a solitary species, gathering in pairs at times, perhaps triplets ... it's just the nature of the beast so to speak. Yet, they have a lot in common, they share values, ideals, imagination and stories. Maybe there's some scope for them to band together a little. It's happening in fact, and there are some loose models in other sub-cultures which are interesting. This article explores some ideas in that direction. hitch-hikers • hitchhikers • hitch-hiking • hitchhiking • web sites
The Wretched Ratchet The Ratchet Effect winds you up. But does it have to? Find out here what it is, and how you probably suffer from it. Most of us do ... be afraid, very afraid! ratchet • ractchet effect • money • fear • hitch-hiking
Thumbing Around: Robert Prins Writes Robert Prins is a record keeping, record breaking hitch-hiker, a one of a kind, and here's the story of his hitching career in short. hitch-hiking • robert prins • records
Thumbs Down: Jostein Sand Nilsen Writes Jostein Sand Nilson gave up on hitch-hiking. Here's why ... hitch-hiking • jostein sand nilsen • budget travel in europe
Thumbs Up: Brad Benedict Writes Brad Benedict continues the Thumbing Around series with his wonderful thumbs up to hitching, it's all about people ... brad benedict • hitchhiking • hitching • hiking • thumbs up
Wet, Wet, Wet: Hitch-hiking on Boats Everything you ever wanted to know about hitching rides on boats! Well, not really, but a few books that will fill you in presented and reviewed, and a classic journey down the Mississippi to motivate you ... boat yacht ship ocean water sea sail missis
What if Everyone did It? All too often people will cut down socially challenging differences by alluding to the state of a world where everyone was like that. A surprising number of hitchers one day, and an on-line discussion left me thinking, well, what if everyone did ... hitchhiking • hitchhikers • hitch-hikers • hitch-hiking
A Standard Experiment: How to determine present day efficacy Hoping to see some present day contributions to the experiments of the 1970s, I propose the skeleton of a standard experiment which might help promote some uniformity of approach and thus more comparable results. experiment efficacy comparative present-day
Introduction If you're wondering why or how a whole column in an an on-line gazette could be dedicated to subject as esoteric as hitch-hiking, pumping out one article every month, engendering discussion and collecting resources, here's why and what it's all about ...
People I Met Hitchhiking on USA Highways: an uncanny book reviewed Another intriguing book appears on the market relevant to hitch-hikers. It's an uncanny offering, not specifically about hitching but about how a man who chooses to hitch sees life in modern day America. This is a work that will achieve its stated aim - to provoke reflection. eric chaet usa
Trio's Trek: A short review Three ladies hitch-hike from London to the source of the Nile in the early 50's. They told their story in this most interesting book. nile africa trio trek
Now and Then: Two Views on Australia Coralie and Leslie Rees hitch-hiked around north western Australia before there were roads! Tony Horwitz followed them 34 years later. Imagine how different their experiences. Both are worthwhile tales and here's a short review of their respective accounts. hitch-hiking • australia • tony horwitz • coralie • leslie rees
One People, One Planet: A Close Brush with a Global Hitch-hiker I came within a whisker of meeting one of the most extra-ordinary hitch-hikers on earth recently. Alas we passed as ships in the night, but let me introduce the man all the same .... andre brugirougx one people • one planet bahai
Ghosts of New Hope, Pennsylvania Vice President Aaron Burr's and artist Joseph Pickett's phantoms, sighted. Anonymous wraiths, seen and heard. Scent of lavender mysteriously fills areas within an inn. ghosts of new hope pa • haunted new hope pa • ghost tours • aaron burr • joseph pickett
The Tide has Turned: Reflections on American Negativity In the lead up to my first visit to the United States in decade I share some reflections on how Americans see the changes of the last few decades. Laced with negativity, often the divisive centre of heated debates between those who would and those who wouldn't. And in between some genuine insights into how the demography has really changed. america united states hitch-hiking negativity
Me Hitch-hiker, You Hitch-hikee: Turning the tables Now here's a real record for the Guinness people! Who cares how many miles you can hitch-hike, why not see how big your heart: how many hitch-hikers can you pick up? hitchhikee • jim sanderson • world record • guinness book of records |
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