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In 2012Next to that, there will be research and lectures are conducted regarding a third attempt broad range of topics, including e.g. training for giving first-aid on the [[World Championships]]road, survival training in specific conditions, perfecting night hitchhiking or strategical autostop, making traveling between long distances a piece of cake.
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'''Hitchhiking''' is also seen by some as a (new) form of extreme sport.
Russian hitchhiking clubs (e.g. [[Saint Petersburg Autostop League|PASL]]) are the pioneers of this form of sport, where specific distances have to be traveled by hitchhiking as fast as possible in order to win a competition. This included includes excursions of a few days up to several weeks, covering thousands of kilometers of hitchhiking motorized vehicles, freight airplanes or boats. Next to that, elements of ''sport orienteering'' & ''navigation'' in (un)known territory off the road can be implemented are an inherent part in such excursions and competitions, establishing a more adventurous form of ''hitchhiking'' while asking the participant for more than just ''hitting the road''.
In 2013, there will be a third attempt for the [[World Championships]]. While '''competitive autostop''' is currently mostly based in the Baltics and Russia, there are attempts to establish competitive autostop/sport hitchhiking in [[Western Europe]] as well. If you are interested A first [[DTSG|German club]] has been established in building up suchNovember 2011, be welcome with more information to join the [https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/hitchsport hitchsport mailing list]follow soon.
== Regulations ==
In the past PASL created a document of competitive autostop rules & regulations, wich have been adopted and revised by other hitchhiking clubs, e.g. Vilnius based [[Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club|VHHC]].
The international regulations adjusted by VHHC can be found [http://www.autostop.lt/faq/comprule.html here] {{en}}.
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