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.
         
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 Genève

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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