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== About Me == I am developing a working mental map first hitchhiked in 2010, then hitchhiked for most of North American geography through direct exploration of trailsmy free time from 2011-2014, then did less hitchhiking after that. These days I prefer to travel by freight trains, navigable waterwaysbicycles, roadside landscapesand motorized bicycle, and railroadsI recommend you do the same. By foot My biggest contributions to hitchwiki included creating pages for some US states, freight train, kayakresearching and compiling the laws pertaining to hitchhiking for all 50 states and some federally regulated areas, and especially sharing some experiences and opinions from hitchhikingon each state page. == Warning == Hitchhiking is a great way to travel for free if you are prepared and aware of the risks. Only you can decide what risks are acceptable. Hitchhikers are notoriously vulnerable to violent crime. Refuse to be a victim. Take a picture of your rides' license plates and your rides' faces and send them to someone. Trust your instincts. Carry pepper spray and any other defense tools you are comfortable with that are legal. Wear a seat belt. In the US, there is one accident fatality for every million miles a vehicle is driven. That ratio is probably higher for you since people who pick up hitchhikers may take more risks.  

Map of all roads every road I have ever hitchhiked from 2010 to September 2014 [http://i.imgur.com/WbSfgIqrXvmuN1.jpg here] (Blue is hitchhiked, Red is train hopped)

Lifetime hitchhiking distance: 108accumulated hitched miles 2011-2014 110,900 200 miles and counting

*2014: 4142,600 900 miles*2015-2017: probably 50,000 miles. I stopped keeping track after 2014.

Longest single ride: 3,250 miles, 3 days driving (--Glacier View, Alaska to Bakersfield, California)Second longest ride: 2,900 miles, 6 days driving (Flagstaff, Arizona to New York City then down to Richmond, Virginia)

Second longest ride: 2,900 miles--Flagstaff, Arizona to New York City including various scenic detours. Countries hitched in: [[America]], [[Canada]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Mexico]]

Times caught 3 rides States of [[Mexico]] hitched in a row with no one passing me: 319

Most memorable Times picked up by people who claimed to be serial killers: 3 Favorite hitchhiked ride: Pilot picked me up and let me fly steer his plane in [[Ohio]] Favorite places: [[New Mexico]], [[Missouri]], [[West Virginia]] Easiest places to hitchhike in my opinion: [[Hawaii]], [[West Virginia]], [[Massachusetts]]

Favorite Most difficult placesto hitchhike: [[ColoradoKansas]], [[TexasOhio]],[[Arkansas]], [[CaliforniaFlorida]]

Fun fact: One out of every 450 Americans has driven by me while I hitchhiked. Calculated by estimation of (total miles hitchhiked in United States) divided by (average distance of a ride) =(total # of rides), then (total # of rides) multiplied by (average vehicles passing per hour) multiplied by (average wait time in hours before getting a ride) = Websites ==total number of people who drove by me, then (population of United States) divided by (total # of people who drove by me).

[http://www.youtube.com/user/thewindanrain -- My Youtube Videos]channel