[pct-l] Hitchhiking

[Ken Powers]

Yes, we have "hitched' rides on private planes. We have a friend that 
dropped us off at the start of 2 thru hikes. We joke that he flies us to 
these remote locations and drops us off to walk home.  We met one of his 
friends for the first time at the local airport and he flew us off to Utah. 
Quite a way to start a long hike.


Regarding hitching:
One of Marcia's most scary hitching experiences was on the way out of Pagosa 
Springs, CO on the CDT. We were walking past a highway junction at the edge 
of town. As we passed the junction a car was approaching and turning our 
way. I stuck out my thumb and the car stopped. Marcia thought the driver 
looked to aggressive as he jumped out and started emptying his back seat. 
She wanted to retreat back into town. I had already started talking to the 
driver and was comfortable. Then we found out he was an off-duty highway 
patrolman and this was his normal beat. He gave us a great tour on the way 
back up the mountain. BTW we were on the roadway at the time, but we were 
not standing.

Last year in Arizona we were crossing a highway and facing a 1/2 mile hike 
(off trail) up the highway to get much needed water. Several cars were 
approaching and Marcia stuck out her thumb. Suddenly the last car lit up 
with flashing lights and the local sheriff stopped. We explained we needed 
water. He opened up his trunk and happily gave us more than a gallon of 
water.

We have heard that in Arizona it is not illegal to hitchhike. BUT it is 
illegal to pick up hitchhikers.

Ken
www.GottaWalk.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey Olson" <jolson at olc.edu>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Hitchhiking


There are a couple places to be careful when hitching.  One is on 395 in
Nevada, or in Nevada in general.  It's illegal.  I've done it for 30
years getting back to my car and never been hassled.

Crater Lake National Park and Yosemite have outlawed hitchhiking.  I've
hitched in both places, and in both places was picked up by a summer
ranger.  One was mean until I showed I was mellow.  The other just
wanted company.  Plus my friend is beautiful.

Has anyone taken their vagabonding to hitchhiking to the trail on a
private plane???

Jeff...

On 3/15/2012 11:13 PM, Naps.On.Trail wrote:
> I may have missed some of this discussion but this is what I found out
> about hitchhiking.
> I spoke with Sergeant Francone, head of the Highway Patrol in Lone Pine,
> and he said as long as you are off the road,
> there is nothing wrong with hitchhiking. No need to be anal here--stay off
> the road--stand on the shoulder.
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