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==About Me== | ==About Me== | ||
− | + | [[Image:tokyohitch.jpg|thumb|300px|right|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> [[Lille]] [[Tokyo]] :direct ride, May 2008]] | |
− | + | [[Image:momointokyo.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> The Tokyo Project and Momo, May 2008]] | |
− | =Statistics= | + | [[Image:ludopascalandme.jpg|thumb|300px|[[User:Garthelgard|Garthelgard]]<small><sup>, [[user talk:Garthelgard|wikitalk]]</sup></small> Pascal,Ludovic and me May 2008]] |
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+ | Garthelgard was born in [[Toulon]], [[France]] but lived in the [[United States]], [[Australia]] and [[Russia]]. | ||
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+ | ==Hitchhiking philosophy== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===On-ramps=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Garthelgard believes in eye contact and either sticking out your thumb, holding a sign with your destination or a joke sign | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Gas stations=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Gas stations is Garthelgard's favorite hitchhiking spot because he gets to talk to a lot of different people. | ||
+ | He believes in an active attitude consisting in striking up a conversation with drivers. | ||
+ | In Europe, Garthelgard beleives in the use of a funny ice-breaker: he flashes his Tokyo sign at drivers and asks them "Excuse me, are you going to Tokyo today". | ||
+ | The ice breaker is essential in order to break the whole "I don't-know-you-why-should-I-take-you-for-all-i-know-you-could-be-a-criminal" pattern. | ||
+ | For Garthelgard, the second step consists in explaining his project ( who he is, where he is from, where he left, who took him before, why is he going to his destination, what he does for a living, why does he hitchhike) in order to reassure people and break the common stereotype of the hitchhiker | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Why hitchhiking?== | ||
+ | |||
+ | "It is when you are in a survival mode that you can see the best or the worst in people". Pascal Dumont. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hitchhiking is more of a lifestyle that an actual means of transportation for me. | ||
+ | I got hooked on hitchhiking pretty quickly because it is a way for me to: | ||
+ | *understand the effects of society on people | ||
+ | *understand the impact of the media on people | ||
+ | *understand the true nature of human beings | ||
+ | *see the best coming out of people | ||
+ | *share with others (I get a ride and I sometimes buy coffee) and contribute to a communautarian ideal | ||
+ | *to maintain a positive thinking | ||
+ | *to get a rush of adrenaline and real adventure | ||
+ | |||
+ | I consider my drivers as family members and actual teachers and learn something from every ride. | ||
+ | I see hitchhiking as an actual school of living. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Hitchhiking experience== | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Europe]]: [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Denmark]], [[Estonia]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Hungary]], [[Italy]], [[Kosovo]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Macedonia]], [[Netherlands]], [[Poland]], [[Serbia]], [[Spain]], [[Sweden]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Asia]]: [[Mongolia]], [[Russia]], [[Thailand]], [[Turkey]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Statistics== | ||
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+ | <b>28721km</b> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Current Location== | ||
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+ | Berlin, Germany | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Category:Hitchhikers]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Hitchhikers in Denmark]] |
Latest revision as of 14:08, 22 July 2010
Contents
About Me
Garthelgard was born in Toulon, France but lived in the United States, Australia and Russia.
Hitchhiking philosophy
On-ramps
Garthelgard believes in eye contact and either sticking out your thumb, holding a sign with your destination or a joke sign
Gas stations
Gas stations is Garthelgard's favorite hitchhiking spot because he gets to talk to a lot of different people. He believes in an active attitude consisting in striking up a conversation with drivers. In Europe, Garthelgard beleives in the use of a funny ice-breaker: he flashes his Tokyo sign at drivers and asks them "Excuse me, are you going to Tokyo today". The ice breaker is essential in order to break the whole "I don't-know-you-why-should-I-take-you-for-all-i-know-you-could-be-a-criminal" pattern. For Garthelgard, the second step consists in explaining his project ( who he is, where he is from, where he left, who took him before, why is he going to his destination, what he does for a living, why does he hitchhike) in order to reassure people and break the common stereotype of the hitchhiker
Why hitchhiking?
"It is when you are in a survival mode that you can see the best or the worst in people". Pascal Dumont.
Hitchhiking is more of a lifestyle that an actual means of transportation for me. I got hooked on hitchhiking pretty quickly because it is a way for me to:
- understand the effects of society on people
- understand the impact of the media on people
- understand the true nature of human beings
- see the best coming out of people
- share with others (I get a ride and I sometimes buy coffee) and contribute to a communautarian ideal
- to maintain a positive thinking
- to get a rush of adrenaline and real adventure
I consider my drivers as family members and actual teachers and learn something from every ride. I see hitchhiking as an actual school of living.
Hitchhiking experience
Europe: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Spain, Sweden.
Asia: Mongolia, Russia, Thailand, Turkey.
Statistics
28721km
Current Location
Berlin, Germany