Hitchhiking Achievement List - Submit your ideas!

Tony Pro

Tony Pro

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Maybe this has been done before but I enjoy making these. You might have seen the ones I made for /trv/ and /out/ some years back.

I need your ideas for achievements. Think of a clever title for each one if you can.
Some examples:
Patience: Wait >24 hours at a single spot
Formula 1: Hitch a sports car
Glitch in the Matrix: Get picked up by the same person twice
Rambo: Get arrested for hitching
Hippie Trail: Hitch from Europe to Indo-China
Magellan: Hitchhike on 6 continents

You get the idea. I've made ones for pretty much every type of transport, from boats to horse carts. Just need more ideas for the fun stuff.

Yes, I know this is thoroughly stupid. Just for fun!
 
"The near miss": when you give up on a train and thumb it... then just so happen to get a ride from an engineer or conductor. Srsly.

"My other car is a....": Vehicle stops going the wrong way, but really he's offering to bring you to his boat/helicopter/airplane/bus/giant motorhome, which is indeed going your way

"Sofa jockey": Truck with a sofa in the back.
 
What goes up must come down: You have the hardest time getting to Destination X, but the return trip is a breeze
(My experience: 3 weeks to get to Alaska vs 3 days return)

Don't Bite the Hand That Feeds You: You're driver has a fundamentally different outlook on life (politics, religion, race, sexuality and gender issues) and you spend the whole trip biting your tounge.
(My experience: too many to count!)

You're On Your Own, Kid: Get dropped off in the most extreme remote location
(My experience: dropped on the AlCan highway at night, Yukon Territory)

Reality Check: Get picked up by a serious criminal (my experience: a crack smoking, people smuggling, Zaatas Cartel member)

Patience 4000: Wait 4 days for a ride
(My experience: stuck in San Carlos, Coahuila)
 
Hurting my convictions: Get a ride from a cop off-duty.

Loving life: Get picked up by 3+ girls. At least one must be hot. ahaha

What?: Get picked up by someone who doesnt speak your language.

Thumb hopping: ride in a road vehicule that doesnt know you're there.

!&$(@*+%£☆♡: Get kicked out of the car.

Really???: Get dropped off in the middle of nowhere.
 
This one's kinda gross but..

You might have a problem: drink the remaining alcohol left in a container you found in the ditch, trash, or elsewhere.
My experience = peach vodka found in a ditch. Thankfully that's all it was, vodka!
 
Bike Babe: hitch a ride on a motorcycle
Gold digger: given up to $300 in a single ride
Dirty hippy: get kicked out of a grandmas house after being invited by son.

Lol there's mine, nice post Tony
 
Tony Pro said:
Eek, I finished it like a week ago, should've posted here!
You guys have some sweet ideas but I'm not really in the mood to edit the thing; if anyone wants I can send you the .psd to play with

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Can't say I've achieved all yet.. We don't get arrested so much in Europe for example, but had three rides with German cops, in their patrol cars.

Have anyone done the hippie trail in the last decade? And would anyone recommend it, except for just being a crazy dare, do you think it would be a thing to do in this day and age? :D
The last I've heard about was the guy Tom writing his travellogue. "Hand to mouth to India"
 
Whereamiwhatdoido said:
Have anyone done the hippie trail in the last decade? And would anyone recommend it, except for just being a crazy dare, do you think it would be a thing to do in this day and age? :D
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I think a lot of people have done it recently. Are you talking about Tom Thumb? I read his book; good stuff. Also a Swedish couple did a podcast where they went from Poland to India a couple years ago. If you have a European passport it would be super easy because you can just go through Iran.

It's a dream of mine, but as an American I'd have to either go through Russia or cross the Caspian sea by boat, from Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan. Then I'd either have to negotiate my way into China or somehow cross the Wakhan Corridor.
 
Surely it's a different circumstance as a EU citizen.

I'm just not quite sure, because the Danish politicians and actions have become quite notorious as a people who hate islam, Therefore there seems to be quite a risk in the middle east as a Danish person. - At this I am not sure wether it's fear from what the media tells, or if it's a legit type of precaution to take.

It's been a dream of mine since I read Tom Thumbs story, or parts of it at least. To say the least my way of travelling has always been hand-to-mouth type of stories, and I think ending up in the 3rd world without money is quite, well... stupid.
 
Two things I've learned from traveling in Muslim countries: Everyone loves Americans, and the less money you have, the more people want to feed you.
I'm sure Iranians/Pakistanis are entirely indifferent to Danes.
 
Late to the party but I'll add anyway cause it's funny and happened to me. maybe add it a revised edition or some shit

Altar boy: get picked up by a Catholic priest
 
Matt Derrick said:
that's an awesome idea... we should find an embrioderer!
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I've been known to embroider a few badges in my day. I made one for my sister when she had her first baby that said, "I'm a cool mom" like from Mean Girls.

At one point someone on Etsy was selling something like "punk badges" but they were all screenprinted and stopped making them (I searched all over for a photo of them and nothing came up). It'd be cool to make them more aimed at traveling though.
 
awkwardshelby said:
I've been known to embroider a few badges in my day. I made one for my sister when she had her first baby that said, "I'm a cool mom" like from Mean Girls.

At one point someone on Etsy was selling something like "punk badges" but they were all screenprinted and stopped making them (I searched all over for a photo of them and nothing came up). It'd be cool to make them more aimed at traveling though.
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it would definitely fit in with the 'dirty scouts' theme of the jamboree :)

maybe we could make some and give them away to people at the event...
 
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