might have to walk to the burn

CapSmashy · Post by **CapSmashy** » Fri May 20, 2011 10:47 am

Ugly Dougly wrote:It's safer to get a job and buy a Greyhound ticket. Might even be faster.

Yep. Chicago to Reno is a 44 hour ride for a whopping $110 if you buy your ticket early.

You can also carry a whole lot more stuff you'll need for the event by getting on a bus.

CapSmashy · Post by **CapSmashy** » Fri May 20, 2011 10:47 am

And if you can not afford even $200 for a bus ticket to get across the country, you have zero business going to an event like Burning Man.

Post by **Savannah** » Fri May 20, 2011 10:51 am

Hitching up to the door doesn't make sense anyway, unless a hitcher makes arrangements for someone else to tote in the food and water. (Not impossible, but they'd better be someone you trust).

Stopping in Reno is the best way to get that stuff.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri May 20, 2011 1:41 pm

http://zimride.com

The biggest danger hitchhiking is being alone on the road, without a ride.
Hard to say if getting rides is more dangerous.
Perception of risk is rarely accurate.

There used to be a lot of open houses around the country.
Couchsurfing was created partially in response to the end of that trend.

A friend of mine from vancouver hitched across the country with no problems.
She was wearing mail and carrying a sword across her back, and she has attitude.
Don't know if that made a difference.

I recommend carrying pepperblaster.

When I give someone a ride, I send their info to someone else.
It's not an unreasonable precaution.

I think people are more reluctant to offer rides these days unless pre-arranged, as on cl.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri May 20, 2011 1:43 pm

Dr. Pyro wrote:I hitchhiked from New Orleans to New York City in 3 days. Had a large cardboard sign which simply read: HOME TO MAMA N.Y.C. If you give yourself a personality, it helps. The worst part of it was sleeping in an alley behind a gas station in Memphis, but what the hell, it was free.

You should have stopped by, Doc.

Token · Post by **Token** » Fri May 20, 2011 2:16 pm

I know this guy, Ravi, from Pune India...

He can hook you up with $5000.00 for a kidney.

Just sayin'

ibdave · Post by **ibdave** » Fri May 20, 2011 9:18 pm

screen wipes please, who's got them...? nice....

dustyroller · Post by **dustyroller** » Sat May 21, 2011 11:40 am

first off lets get my kidney out then. just joking thank you all for the great suggestions i still dont know if i am going to have to walk. i hope i dont have to but if i still cant find a ride by then i think i will have to start hiking. and thank you for all the hitch hiking stories.

portaplaya · Post by **portaplaya** » Thu May 26, 2011 4:14 pm

Violent crime rates overall and those against hitchhikers are much lower than they were back in the 70's.

The problem is that a few headline-grabbing incidents made both drivers and potential hitchhikers risk adverse, probably out of proportion to the actual likelihood of something bad happening.

Nowadays people arrange rides from place-to-place through Craigslist or other mechanisms that allow time to check out the potential rideshare. And that's much better than just waiting on the side of the road for hours at a time.

Here are some articles about hitchhiking that give a better perception than the public opinion.

http://www.freakonomics.com/2009/01/06/ ... strangers/

http://www.socresonline.org.uk/6/3/chesters.html

http://hitchwiki.org/en/First_time