Christopher McCandless

who has any tips?? i wanna go cross country (U.S.A.) with a friend, im in my 20s..... and im a MAN

smile!

people are way more inclined to pick someone up who is smiling than someone who is just sticking their thumb out.

also try to be as clean and tidy looking as possible. if you look scraggly and unkempt, you will not get as many rides. I know it kinda sucks to adhere to a sort of standard of grooming that the rest of the world has, but it will get you more rides, no doubt.

I think in the other thread you mentioned you're going with a female? that will help you out too. I think it's good that you're doing this with her. She shouldn't be on the road alone.

also, I mentioned this in the other thread, but

www.digihitch.com is a GREAT website to get tips and info about hitching.

Hitchwiki On the web check it out for all your hitching needs!

Hitchhiking is extremely risky at the present time. If you hate the idea of being assaulted or you don't much feel like looking at the drivers gun sitting between you and him I suggest make plans with a friend, rent a car to your basic destination, then walk, that's what being in the woods is all about. Walking free.

I hate to say it but I don't see myself ever picking up a hitchhiker. Hope that doesn't get me a firm lambasting on a website devoted to the example of Chris McCandless but I just feel it too risky.

I do wish anyone wanting to try it - either the actual thumbing or picking up a hitchhiker the best of experiences though.

Just managed a great hitch from Dover up to Cumbria, took 3 days but on the whole a great time was had thanks to many kind trusting drivers. tip of the day, hitch with a friend, makes the long lonely hours fly by. good luck to all who hitch

I hitched rides with truck drivers on several occasions. I always called their company in beforehand and arranged it. Being a woman, I wouldn't ever just stick my thumb out and hitch a ride with any random stranger. This way, I had the name of the person and there were people who knew where and with whom I was going.

haha do any of you have any fun stories?

ive never hitchhiked, but the one person I ever had the chance to pick up, turned our to be a middle aged woman who must have been on crack at the moment and likely drunk. She exclaimed how thankful she was and explained how we had apparently saved her from her husband who was trying to kill her.