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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The Suite 101 Hitch-hiking Survey		36 simple questions for htch-hikers.

No.	Article	Originally published on			Words	Images
1	Introduction	October	1,	1996	425
2	The Pros and Cons of Hitch-Hiking	November	1,	1996	550
3	Hitching is not just Ride Sharing!	December	1,	1996	600
4	The Hitch-hiker's Guide to Everywhere: A Hitch-hiker's Database	January	1,	1997	675
5	World Records: Musings on what makes a record breaking hitch.	February	1,	1997	600
6	More Records: Record breaking hitches in summary	March	1,	1997	1250
7	A True Record: A hitch around the world	April	1,	1997	625
8	Seven League Boots: A short review	May	1,	1997	1050
9	Seven League Books: A Review of the Web's Hitching Literature.	June	1,	1997	925
10	The First League: The Tao of Hitch-Hiking	June	11,	1997	600
11	The Second League: Innocence Abroad	June	21,	1997	775
12	The Third League: Europa	July	1,	1997	575
13	The Fourth League: Rhedeg I Paris	July	11,	1997	400
14	The Fifth League: Hitchhiking Through Southern France	July	21,	1997	400
15	The Sixth League: The 24 Hour Hitch	August	1,	1997	475
16	The Seventh League: Kirsty and Dave are on Holiday	August	11,	1997	425
17	Me Hitch-hiker, You Hitch-hikee: Turning the tables	September	1,	1997	1000
18	Hitching Down Under: Still a Very Happening Thing	October	1,	1997	900
19	The Fraternity Among Hitch-hikers	November	1,	1997	800
20	A Hitch-hiker's Christmas	December	1,	1997	875
21	The World Hitch-Hiker's Association: culture and hospitality among hitch-hikers world-wide	January	1,	1998	1150
22	Hitch-hiking: A Course in Personal Development?	February	1,	1998	1725
23	The Dangers of Hitching: Passive, Active and Ride Sharing	March	1,	1998	1100
24	A Stage is Set: the IHHC rides . . .	April	1,	1998	1125
25	A Tribute to Dreilinden	May	1,	1998	1275
26	The Risk/Return Ratio	June	1,	1998	1425
27	The Worst Day of My Life...	July	1,	1998	3850
28	An Auspicous Occasion	August	1,	1998	2425
29	The Wretched Ratchet	September	1,	1998	1050
30	Thumbs Down: Jostein Sand Nilsen Writes	October	1,	1998	1400
31	Thumbing Around: Robert Prins Writes	November	1,	1998	2350
32	Thumbers from Another Century: the C.C.E.G.	December	1,	1998	1175
33	Secure Hitch-hiking (in a new age)	January	1,	1999	1075
34	Chalk and Cheese: Two Views of Ireland.	February	1,	1999	1225
35	Now and Then: Two Views on Australia	March	1,	1999	1300
36	The 3rd International Hitch-Hikers Conference	April	1,	1999	1475
37	Esperanto and the Hitch-hiker	May	1,	1999	1575
38	Thumbs Up: Brad Benedict Writes	June	1,	1999	1275
39	The Hitch-hiking Grandmother: that "Grace" Small	July	1,	1999	1175	1
40	What if Everyone did It?	August	1,	1999	900
41	Rainbows and Hitching Circles	September	1,	1999	1425
42	One Night in an American Picture	October	1,	1999	1350
43	Roller-Hitching (or Take Your Skates?)	November	1,	1999	1225	1
44	Christians from Both Sides, -ee and -er	December	1,	1999	1075
45	A Y2K Hitch	January	1,	2000	1350
46	Love on and of the Road	February	1,	2000	825
47	He did! ... so I did.	March	1,	2000	1275	1
48	The 4th International Hitch-Hiking Conference	April	1,	2000	1500
49	Adieu GenÃ¨ve	May	1,	2000	1325
50	Roller-Hitching revisted (a new roll-playing game?)	June	1,	2000	1050
51	Charles Elmer Fox - An Ardent Thumber Who Loves the Rails	July	1,	2000	1775
52	Thumbs Up: Merrick Writes	August	1,	2000	2650
53	Pennies and Dimes: Two remarkable journeys without any!	September	1,	2000	1450
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
56	Thumbing can be very Spiritual	December	1,	2000	2975
57	That First Hitch: Virginity Lost	January	1,	2001	475
58	Wet, Wet, Wet: Hitch-hiking on Boats	February	1,	2001	975
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
62	Slumberland: Musings on the need to and manner of sleeping	June	1,	2001	1100
63	Thumbing Around: Robert W. Norris Writes	July	1,	2001	1150
64	Trio's Trek: A short review	August	1,	2001	1075
65	Lilli and The Hippopotamus: A short review	September	1,	2001	975
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
69	Cycle Hitching (or On Your Bike?)	January	1,	2002	1525
70	People I Met Hitchhiking on USA Highways: an uncanny book reviewed	February	1,	2002	1200
71	A Dearth of Research: Does anyone really know anything about hitch-hiking?	March	1,	2002	1475
72	Why do People (Still) Pick Up Hitch-Hikers?	April	1,	2002	875
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
75	Abrams on the Hippie Trail: The Short and the Long of It	July	1,	2002	2525
76	Abrams on the Hippie Trail: A Wander Through the Prose (The Long of It)	August	1,	2002	5975
77	One Night in Hell	September	1,	2002	4675
78	The Tide has Turned: Reflections on American Negativity	October	1,	2002	1125
79	Casual Carpooling: Hitch-hiking to Work	November	1,	2002	1125
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
82	A Standard Experiment: How to determine present day efficacy	February	1,	2003	1050

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