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Please pay attention to this fact – there these are (mostly) not the officially proven records. There are only , but claims of hitchers about hitchhikers regarding their extremes. This list of records is for us – hitchhikers (we should be happy for our colleges, not to be envious!), for novices who do not know anything about hitching, but they are proud of their only travel abroad.

*'''2777 km''' (1736 miles), according to [mailto:[email protected] Pavel Trcala], from [[Czech Republic]]. Time 28 November 1998 7:30 a.m. - 29 November 1998 6:30 a.m. The route: Miami to Chicago via Jacksonville (Florida), Savannah (Georgia), Columbia (South Carolina), Asheville (North Carolina), Knoxville (Tennessee), Lexington (Kentucky), Toledo (Ohio), South Bend (Indiana), and Harvey (Illinois). The route was done in five lifts. *'''2750 km''', according to [[http://www.vladas.com/ |Vladas Sapranavicius]], member of [[VHHC|Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club]]. Time: 21 August 1996 10 p.m. – 22 August 1996 10 p.m. Web destination counter [http://www.viamichelin.com/ ViaMichelin] gives as expected travel time for Almeria - Potsdam: 24 hours and 51 minutes. The route: Almeria (E) – Murcia (E) – Barcelona (E) – Montpellier (F) – Lion Lyon (F) – Frankfurt (D) – Potsdam (D). 4 lifts (Almeria – Montpellier; Montpellier – LionLyon; Lion – SalzgiterSalzgitter; Salzgiter Salzgitter – Potsdam). The average speed (with including waiting for the ride + a cup of beer in the restaurant): 115 km/h. The maximum speed: 170 km/h. *'''2318.4 km''', according to [http://hitchwiki.org/en/[User:Prino |Robert Prins]], hitchhiker from the UK. It was done by 4 lifts in [[Greece]], [[Yugoslavia]], [[Austria ]] and [[Germany ]] during 20.47 hours. Start of the first lift at the border between Greece and Yougoslavia, end at the Siegburg (south of KolnKöln) motorwy motorway service in Germany. The second lift till Remscheid motorway service, just North of Koln. The third – till Ostetal (before Hamburg) and the fourth – till Hamburg Stillhorn motorway service. Note: This record was only had been included in the 1991 edition of the GBOR. The actual entry on page 179. Full details of the four rides that led to this record can be found [[Prino's 24-hour record|here]].

== All life Lifetime hitchhiking ==*'''Alexey Vorov''', president of Sant the [[PASL|St. Petersburg Autostop League (PASL)]]. He has covered about '''1,973,650 km''' (from updated: 14th September 2015) by hitch-hikinghitchhiking. Hitching experience – from 1977 in Sant Petersburg Autostop Leagueon. He is still hitchhiking, so it is not the finished final number. *'''Benoit Grieu''', French hitch-hikerhitchhiker. Started his trip in 1979 and since then all the time on the road. During this trip he has covered about '''1,500,000 km'''. He hitch-hiked For some years for , hee hitchhiked more than 100, 000 km/year and he  hitch-hiked currently . Currently, he hitchhikes more than 50, 000 km every year. He travel travels 3 continents and about 15 countries every year. *'''Stephan Schlei'''. He claims '''941,500 km'''.

*'''Alexey Anofriev''' from Vladivostok ([[Russia]]) hitch-hiked hitchhiked from Vladivostok (23 May, 2001) to Shimanovsk (the finish end of the road) and got a lift to Samara there. From Shimanovsk to Shilka on the railroad platform together with a the car and from Shilka to Samara by car (Toyota Celica). Totaly Totally it was about '''6800 km''' long lift since 28 May till 4 June! After Afterwards, the drivers went to Krasnodar and Alexey hitchhiked on to Saint St. Petersburg. He arrived to Saint St. Petersburg on 7 June, 2001. *'''Benoit Grieu''', French hitch-hiker didi hitchhiker who hitchhiked about '''6000 km''' in one lift from Anchorage (Alaska) to San Diego (California).

*'''Benoit Grieu''', French hitch-hiker hitchhiker during 4 or 5 years (for exemple example 1989, 1993, 1995, 1997) hitchhiked more than '''100,000 km''' per year (in 1995 - 113,000 km).*'''Alexey Vorov''' - '''78,800 km'''. It was done in 1991.

*'''Benoit Grieu''' has been hitch-hiking since 1979 and still hitchhiked every day until [http://beni.eurower.net/ he disappeared ] on his way to Nepal in 2011]. During these years he covered about '''1,500,000 km''' not staying more than 3 months in one place. *'''Expedition “Autocolumbus”''' by Sant Petersburg Autostop League [[PASL]] in 17 February 1992 – July 1993. The trip started 4 hitchhikers: '''Alexey Vorov, Mikhail Dutkevich, Kiril Baranov and Victor Grigor’ev''', but finished only Alexey and Mikhailfinished the complete journey. The route was around the World via world through 25 countries in Europe, Asia, South and North America. The length of the route '''~83,000 km'''.

*'''Alexey Vorov'''. He waited for a lift '''3 days''' in Chucotka, Far North, Russia to move 50km and then waited another 3 days for the second lift in country the Komsomol'skij county till got a lift to Majskij (50 km). The minimum temperature in his on this travel was -55°C in country Tyoplyj Kluch county (Chucotka).

*'''Pavel Trcala''', hitchhiker from Czech republicRepublic. He has hitchhiked in '''108''' countries.

*'''Neringa Raulusonyte and Kristina Zukaite''' from the Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club. They got a ride from a '''55 years old German driver''' with a Toyota Corolla, which was going just '''50 km'''. However, later he offered them to prolong the lift according to their wishes. The driver gave them a ride using the route Berlin - Frankfurt/M - Koblenz - Luxembourg - Paris - Bruxelles - The Netherlands - Hamburg - Berlin - Torun - Kalvarija - Vilnius. From 29/08/2001 until 04/09/2001 the girls covered 4000 km in the same car. So The total deviation from driver's route was - '''3950 km''' (drivers way back is not included). *'''600 km''' (at least) to one side. It was for three hitch-hikers from the VGTU Tourist Club, Lithuania. The lift was given on the Lithuanian – Polish border. The driver should go to Czech Republic, but after he spoke to one of the hitchhikers, he took them till until the Germany German border (Szczecin). After the crossing the German border he went back to Poland and after to CzechiaCzech Republic. Also he gave them 150 EEK (~11 USD). These hitchhikers were: '''Vladas Sapranavicius, Jovita Garnyte and Asta Ruzgyte'''.

*'''Dieter Wesch''', the self-styled 'King of Hitchers', who was spending his Sundays patrolling the Autobahn between Stuttgart and Karlsruhe, giving lifts to hitchers stranded at petrol stations. Every hitcher should sign in his guest-book. There was given a number from the guest-book - '''9528'''. It's probably not a last final number.

*Island of Dunay, north of Tiksi, North Russia, '''73°56''''. It was done by '''Konstantin Savva''' from Moscow Hitch-hiking Hitchhiking School (Russia) and his girlfriend Polina Kuleshova on in September 2002.* Urung-Haia, North Russia, '''73°'''. It was done by '''Konstantin Savva''' from Moscow Hitch-hiking Hitchhiking School (Russia) on May 2002.* Tiksi, North Russia, '''71° 36''''. It was done by '''Andrey Sapunov and Alexandr Dmitrievskyi'''' from Ukrainen hitch-hiking Ukrainian hitchhiking club "Mainroad" (Ukraine) on autumn 2002. 

*Ukrainian research base"Academic Vernadsky" in Antarctica (photo), '''65° 15'''' - reached by Argentinian hitchhikers '''Juan Villarino and Laura Lazzarino''' in 16 November 2010. They got a free ride to this base from cruiser "Ushuaia", belonging to cruise company "Antarrply Expeditions" 20 km South from Ushuaia, Argentine, 54° 48'. *'''Arndt Writzel''' from Germany cut a record of The the farthest point in the South. He reached Ushuaia town in southern Argentina in 2001 02 03.

*Mountain Everest base camp in Nepal - '''5,400 meters'''. It was done by Czech hitch-hiker hitchhiker '''Pavel Trcala'''. He got the ride from Everest Base camp two days after climbing Everest on his return to Kathmandu on 1 June 2005. Later the same place was also conquered by several other hitchhikers: '''Nuutti Palonen (Finland), Radha Krishnan (India) and Tai Häring (Germany)'''. They also hitch-hiked hitchhiked to Mt Everest base camp from Shigatse in August 2005 and then hitch-hiked hitchhiked to Nepal from Mt Everest.*Gyatso-La mountain pass in Tibet, on the way from Lhasa to Nepalese border - '''5,220 meters'''. It was done by two Polish hitch-hikers hitchhikers '''Kinga and Chopin''' in on 11 May 2003.*The mountain pass in the Andes, South Peru – 5,100 meters. It was done bye '''Alexey Vorov''', president of PASL (n.4) and '''Mikhail Dutkevich''', member of ([[PASL n.29 ]]) in May 1993.

*'''+55°C'''. It were for hitchhikers, experienced '''Alexey Vorov''', president of PASL (n.4), Andrey Kuritsin, member of PASL n.19, Ol’ga Bandurko, member of PASL n.35, Andrey Leipi, member of PASL n.36 and Nadezhda Makarova, member of PASL n.18 ''' in summer 1981 near Ashchabad, Turkmenistan.

*'''–63°C'''. It was for hitchhiker '''Elena Saturova''', member of PASL n.49 in January 1992 between Ust’-Nera and Sasuman in East Yakutya, Russia.