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To limit the amount of clothes you take with you; use layers. In the morning you start with several layers, as it gets warmer you take them off and at night you can wear them again. It's great if you can adapt to your driver's air conditioning, or the sudden rain or 4 km tunnel when you're in the back of a pick up truck.
Obviously there is a difference between hitching in [[Spain]] in the summer and in [[Scandinavia]] during wintertime. Nevertheless, it is often smart to buy some good outdoor stuff. It is light and dries very fast. There is nothing worse than wet jeans or cotton-shirt if it's below 10°C10 °C. Plus, you can wash it and it dries fast. Outdoor wear differs a lot in the degree it adopts smelliness. You can wear some for days without smelling, others stink after two hours hiking.
Hitchhiking is an outdoor sport and it pays off to wear good shoes. They might not be best for dancing when you reach your destination, but it is important while walking along the road. At times you might need to cross rocky areas, puddles, mud, snow etc. Sometimes you have to be quick and step off the road due to big trucks etc.
