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Make plans to attend the [[2014 North American Hitchgathering]]!== About Me ==
On hitchwiki I primarily contribute information about states, cities, and legislature as it relates to hitchhiking in the [[United States]].
Lifetime hitchhiking distance: 75accumulated hitched miles 2011-2014 110,100 200 miles and counting
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]]
Favorite Easiest placesto hitchhike in my opinion: [[ColoradoHawaii]], [[ArkansasWest Virginia]], [[CaliforniaMassachusetts]]
Least favorite Most difficult placesto hitchhike: [[ArizonaKansas]], [[IllinoisOhio]], [[Florida]]
[http://www.youtube.com/user/thewindanrain -- My Youtube Videos]channel
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I am Kyle: 23 years old and living first hitchhiked in the [[United States]]2010, then hitchhiked for most of my free time from 2011-2014, then did less hitchhiking after that. These days I hitchhike because it is an affordable mode of transportation which lends itself prefer to a minimalist lifestyle of adventure travel by freight trains, bicycles, and motorized bicycle, and explorationI recommend you do the same. My goal is biggest contributions to develop a working mental map of North American geography through direct exploration of trailshitchwiki included creating pages for some US states, navigable waterwaysresearching and compiling the laws pertaining to hitchhiking for all 50 states and some federally regulated areas, and roadside landscapessharing some experiences and opinions from hitchhiking on each state page. I accomplish this on foot, by kayak, == Warning == Hitchhiking is a great way to travel for free if you are prepared and especially by hitchhikingaware of the risks. Only you can decide what risks are acceptable. I began hitchhiking regularly in 2011Hitchhikers are notoriously vulnerable to violent crime. Occasionally I stop Refuse to work be a victim. Take a picture of your rides' license plates and your rides' faces and send them to save 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 money for my travelshitchhikers may take more risks.
== Hitchhiking Trivia ==
Map of all roads every road I have ever hitchhiked: from 2010 to September 2014 [http://i.imgur.com/TJMHztarXvmuN1.jpg Maphere](Blue is hitchhiked, Red is train hopped)
*2011: 12,000 miles
*2012: 31,900 miles
*2013: 23,400 miles
*2014: 742,800900 miles*2015-2017: probably 50,000 miles. I stopped keeping track after 2014.
Longest single ride: 3,250 miles (Palmer, --Glacier View Alaska to Bakersfield, California)
Second longest ride: 2,900 miles--Flagstaff, Arizona to New York City including various scenic detours. Countries hitched in: 3[[America]], [[Canada]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Mexico]]
States of [[America]] hitched in: 50
Provinces/Territories of [[Canada]] hitched in: 8
States of [[Mexico]] hitched in: 19
Most rides caught in a row with no one passing me: 4
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).