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Suite 101 Hitch-hiking Archive
By: Bernd Wechner
© June 10, 2004
Suite 101 Hitch-hiking Archive
Late in 1996 I started to edit a column on hitch-hiking at Suite 101. I published a monthly article there until early 2003. A career of over six years producing a total of 82 articles that formed from all the evidence at hand, the mainstay of respected hitch-hiking literature on-line. In 2003 because of the arrival of a child my life turned upside down (in a very pleasant way). This deprived of the free time to continue my studies and adventures in this beloved field of mine.
I was one of the earliest editors on Suite 101, having been inspired by the vision they shared with me in the invitation they extended to me. They based that invitation I suspect upon the stories I had already begun to publish which have grown into a respectable on-line work themselves. Over the years I strived to set standards there, and watched them, in spite of an incredible community and some very professional and dedicated editors, decline and suffer the neglect of stretched managerial and development resources. Still, I soldiered on, and hold the community there in high regard to this day.
Over time I lost confidence, as many did, that Suite 101 would stay viable in the long term, and if they disappeared so too would my work there I fear. On account of which I have archived those articles here.
Indeed since archiving these materieals here, my fears proved correct, Suite 101
no longer hosts them as far as I can tell ...
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Contents
| The Suite 101 Hitch-hiking Survey |
36 simple questions for htch-hikers. |
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| No. |
Article |
Originally published on |
Words |
Images |
| 1 |
Introduction |
October |
1, |
1996 |
425 |
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| 2 | The Pros and Cons of Hitch-Hiking |
November |
1, |
1996 |
550 |
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| 3 | Hitching is not just Ride Sharing! |
December |
1, |
1996 |
600 |
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| 4 |
The Hitch-hiker's Guide to Everywhere: A Hitch-hiker's Database |
January |
1, |
1997 |
675 |
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| 5 | World Records: Musings on what makes a record breaking hitch. |
February |
1, |
1997 |
600 |
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| 6 | More Records: Record breaking hitches in summary |
March |
1, |
1997 |
1250 |
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| 7 |
A True Record: A hitch around the world |
April |
1, |
1997 |
625 |
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| 8 | Seven League Boots: A short review |
May |
1, |
1997 |
1050 |
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| 9 | Seven League Books: A Review of the Web's Hitching Literature. |
June |
1, |
1997 |
925 |
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| 10 |
The First League: The Tao of Hitch-Hiking |
June |
11, |
1997 |
600 |
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| 11 | The Second League: Innocence Abroad |
June |
21, |
1997 |
775 |
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| 12 | The Third League: Europa |
July |
1, |
1997 |
575 |
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| 13 |
The Fourth League: Rhedeg I Paris |
July |
11, |
1997 |
400 |
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| 14 | The Fifth League: Hitchhiking Through Southern France |
July |
21, |
1997 |
400 |
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| 15 | The Sixth League: The 24 Hour Hitch |
August |
1, |
1997 |
475 |
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| 16 |
The Seventh League: Kirsty and Dave are on Holiday |
August |
11, |
1997 |
425 |
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| 17 | Me Hitch-hiker, You Hitch-hikee: Turning the tables |
September |
1, |
1997 |
1000 |
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| 18 | Hitching Down Under: Still a Very Happening Thing |
October |
1, |
1997 |
900 |
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| 19 |
The Fraternity Among Hitch-hikers |
November |
1, |
1997 |
800 |
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| 20 | A Hitch-hiker's Christmas |
December |
1, |
1997 |
875 |
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| 21 | The World Hitch-Hiker's Association:
culture and hospitality among hitch-hikers world-wide | January |
1, |
1998 |
1150 |
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| 22 |
Hitch-hiking: A Course in Personal Development? |
February |
1, |
1998 |
1725 |
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| 23 | The Dangers of Hitching: Passive, Active and Ride Sharing |
March |
1, |
1998 |
1100 |
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| 24 | A Stage is Set: the IHHC rides . . . |
April |
1, |
1998 |
1125 |
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| 25 |
A Tribute to Dreilinden |
May |
1, |
1998 |
1275 |
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| 26 | The Risk/Return Ratio |
June |
1, |
1998 |
1425 |
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| 27 | The Worst Day of My Life... |
July |
1, |
1998 |
3850 |
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| 28 |
An Auspicous Occasion |
August |
1, |
1998 |
2425 |
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| 29 | The Wretched Ratchet |
September |
1, |
1998 |
1050 |
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| 30 | Thumbs Down: Jostein Sand Nilsen Writes |
October |
1, |
1998 |
1400 |
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| 31 |
Thumbing Around: Robert Prins Writes |
November |
1, |
1998 |
2350 |
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| 32 | Thumbers from Another Century: the C.C.E.G. |
December |
1, |
1998 |
1175 |
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| 33 | Secure Hitch-hiking (in a new age) |
January |
1, |
1999 |
1075 |
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| 34 |
Chalk and Cheese: Two Views of Ireland. |
February |
1, |
1999 |
1225 |
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| 35 | Now and Then: Two Views on Australia |
March |
1, |
1999 |
1300 |
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| 36 | The 3rd International Hitch-Hikers Conference |
April |
1, |
1999 |
1475 |
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| 37 |
Esperanto and the Hitch-hiker |
May |
1, |
1999 |
1575 |
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| 38 | Thumbs Up: Brad Benedict Writes |
June |
1, |
1999 |
1275 |
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| 39 | The Hitch-hiking Grandmother: that "Grace" Small |
July |
1, |
1999 |
1175 |
1 |
| 40 |
What if Everyone did It? |
August |
1, |
1999 |
900 |
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| 41 | Rainbows and Hitching Circles |
September |
1, |
1999 |
1425 |
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| 42 | One Night in an American Picture |
October |
1, |
1999 |
1350 |
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| 43 |
Roller-Hitching (or Take Your Skates?) |
November |
1, |
1999 |
1225 |
1 |
| 44 | Christians from Both Sides, -ee and -er |
December |
1, |
1999 |
1075 |
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| 45 | A Y2K Hitch |
January |
1, |
2000 |
1350 |
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| 46 |
Love on and of the Road |
February |
1, |
2000 |
825 |
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| 47 | He did! ... so I did. |
March |
1, |
2000 |
1275 |
1 |
| 48 | The 4th International Hitch-Hiking Conference |
April |
1, |
2000 |
1500 |
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| 49 |
Adieu Genève |
May |
1, |
2000 |
1325 |
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| 50 | Roller-Hitching revisted (a new roll-playing game?) |
June |
1, |
2000 |
1050 |
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| 51 | Charles Elmer Fox - An Ardent Thumber Who Loves the Rails |
July |
1, |
2000 |
1775 |
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| 52 |
Thumbs Up: Merrick Writes |
August |
1, |
2000 |
2650 |
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| 53 | Pennies and Dimes: Two remarkable journeys without any! |
September |
1, |
2000 |
1450 |
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| 54 | Stephan Schlei: Most Travelled Hitch-hiker on Earth? |
October |
1, |
2000 |
1500 |
1 |
| 55 |
Black and White: Two Contemporary American Thumbers |
November |
1, |
2000 |
1925 |
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| 56 | Thumbing can be very Spiritual |
December |
1, |
2000 |
2975 |
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| 57 | That First Hitch: Virginity Lost |
January |
1, |
2001 |
475 |
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| 58 |
Wet, Wet, Wet: Hitch-hiking on Boats |
February |
1, |
2001 |
975 |
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| 59 | Ringbolting: A More Clandestine Nautical Hitch |
March |
1, |
2001 |
2725 |
4 |
| 60 | One People, One Planet: A Close Brush with a Global Hitch-hiker |
April |
1, |
2001 |
1250 |
3 |
| 61 |
Professional Hitch-hikers: Britain's Trade Platers |
May |
1, |
2001 |
1050 |
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| 62 | Slumberland: Musings on the need to and manner of sleeping |
June |
1, |
2001 |
1100 |
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| 63 | Thumbing Around: Robert W. Norris Writes |
July |
1, |
2001 |
1150 |
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| 64 |
Trio's Trek: A short review |
August |
1, |
2001 |
1075 |
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| 65 | Lilli and The Hippopotamus: A short review |
September |
1, |
2001 |
975 |
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| 66 | Thumbing Queensland: Aquatic Themes Revisited |
October |
1, |
2001 |
1325 |
6 |
| 67 |
The Longest Wait: Patience as a Virtue |
November |
1, |
2001 |
1600 |
4 |
| 68 | When Enough is Enough: Leaving Your Ride Behind |
December |
1, |
2001 |
1325 |
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| 69 | Cycle Hitching (or On Your Bike?) |
January |
1, |
2002 |
1525 |
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| 70 |
People I Met Hitchhiking on USA Highways: an uncanny book reviewed |
February |
1, |
2002 |
1200 |
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| 71 | A Dearth of Research: Does anyone really know anything about hitch-hiking? |
March |
1, |
2002 |
1475 |
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| 72 | Why do People (Still) Pick Up Hitch-Hikers? |
April |
1, |
2002 |
875 |
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| 73 |
Eradicating Boundaries: It's A Small World Among Hitch-hikers After All ... |
May |
1, |
2002 |
1225 |
1 |
| 74 | An Irony of Cycles |
June |
1, |
2002 |
1450 |
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| 75 | Abrams on the Hippie Trail: The Short and the Long of It |
July |
1, |
2002 |
2525 |
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| 76 |
Abrams on the Hippie Trail: A Wander Through the Prose (The Long of It) |
August |
1, |
2002 |
5975 |
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| 77 | One Night in Hell |
September |
1, |
2002 |
4675 |
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| 78 | The Tide has Turned: Reflections on American Negativity |
October |
1, |
2002 |
1125 |
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| 79 |
Casual Carpooling: Hitch-hiking to Work |
November |
1, |
2002 |
1125 |
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| 80 | A North American Hitch-Hiker's Gathering |
December |
1, |
2002 |
925 |
5 |
| 81 | Experiments in Hitch-hiking: What works best? |
January |
1, |
2003 |
1525 |
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| 82 |
A Standard Experiment: How to determine present day efficacy |
February |
1, |
2003 |
1050 |
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