User:MrTweek

MrTweek hitchhiking in Austria, 2006.

About

MrTweek is a hitchhiker from Germany, currently living in Melbourne, Australia.

So far, he hitchhiked a lot around Europe and Asia and a bit in South America and Australia.

He started hitchhiking in May 2006 and did more than 40 000 km since then. See details on his overview of hitching Trips.

MrTweeks collection of signs.

Rides over 500 km
- 774 km, from Osmaniye, Turkey to Şırnak, Turkey in July 2011.
- 633 km, from Dijon, France to a village near Perpignan in September 2009.
- 625 km, from Linz, Austria to Montabaur, Germany, In August 2006.
- 559 km, from Beaufort to Adelaide, December 2012
- 519 km, from Bruchsal to Dresden, April 2009.
Fastest Trip
- 200 km in 1:20 including waiting times with 2 lifts from Dortmund to Hannover in August 2007.
Longest distance on one day
- 1128 km from Göreme (Turkey) to Şırnak (Turkey) in July 2011 in 14 hours.
- 916 km from Vienna to Düsseldorf in August 2006.
Fastest Lift
- On the German A7 on the way from the south to Hanover, a guy was driving driving up to 260 km/h. Together with platschi in September 2007.
Slowest Lift
- Probably less than 20 km/h with a tractor for maybe 5 km between some villages in Germany, September 2010.
Biggest amount of people hitched with
- About 40, on the back of a little truck in Berlin, May 2009.

Hitchwiki.org used to run on MrTweeks webserver, along with some other webpages.
He works as a volunteer for abgefahren e.V.
Organizer of the abgefahren hitchhiking championships in 2008-2011.