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== About Me ==
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My name is Philipp, I'm 23 years old and live in Mönchengladbach in Germany.
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== About ==
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MrTweek is a hitchhiker from Germany, currently living in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]].
  
So far, I've been hitchhiking in Germany, Netherlands, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary.
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So far, he hitchhiked a lot around Europe and Asia and a bit in South America and Australia.
  
I speak fluent German and English, some Netherlands and a little bit of Spanish.
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He started hitchhiking in May 2006 and did more than 40 000 km since then. See details on his [[User:MrTweek/log|overview of hitching Trips]].
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[[File:Trampschilder.jpg|right|thumb|300px|MrTweeks collection of signs.]]
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== Personal records ==
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* '''Rides over 500 km '''
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** 774 km, from [[Osmaniye]], [[Turkey]] to [[Şırnak]], [[Turkey]] in July 2011.
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** 633 km, from [[Dijon]], [[France]] to a village near [[Perpignan]] in September 2009.
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** 625 km, from [[Linz]], [[Austria]] to [[Montabaur]], [[Germany]], In August 2006.
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** 559 km, from Beaufort to [[Adelaide]], December 2012
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** 519 km, from [[Bruchsal]]  to [[Dresden]], April 2009.
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* '''Fastest Trip'''
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** 200 km in 1:20 including waiting times with 2 lifts from [[Dortmund]] to [[Hannover]] in August 2007.
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* '''Longest distance on one day'''
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** 1128 km from [[Göreme]] (Turkey) to [[Şırnak]] (Turkey) in July 2011 in 14 hours.
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** 916 km from [[Vienna]] to [[Düsseldorf]] in August 2006.
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* '''Fastest Lift'''
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** On the [[A7 (Germany)|German A7]] on the way from the south to [[Hanover]], a guy was driving driving up to '''260 km/h'''. Together with [[User:platschi|platschi]] in September 2007.
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* '''Slowest Lift'''
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** Probably less than '''20 km/h''' with a tractor for maybe 5 km between some villages in [[Germany]], September 2010.
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* '''Biggest amount of people hitched with'''
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** About 40, on the back of a little truck in [[Berlin]], May 2009.
  
 
== Projects ==
 
== Projects ==
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* Hitchwiki.org runs on MrTweeks webserver, along with some other webpages.
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* He works as a volunteer for [[abgefahren e.V.]]
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* Organizer of the '''abgefahren hitchhiking championships''' in 2008-2011.
  
I am currently working on a web-based map, where hitchhikers can mark good hitching places. It's not finished yet, but you can already see the a bit on http://www.liftershalte.info/
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== Contact ==
 
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* Jabber/Google-Talk: [email protected] (do NOT e-mail me there).
If you find bugs or have any suggestions, just let me know ;)
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* MSN: [email protected] (also no e-mail)
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* ICQ: 73498437
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* CS, BW: MrTweek
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* ...or just leave a note on my [http://www.hitchwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User_talk:MrTweek&action=edit&section=new Talk Page].
  
== Plans ==
 
  
In summer 2007 I would like to hitchhike trough Eastern Europe.
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{{IsIn|:Melbourne}}
  
Something like this:
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[[Category:Hitchhikers]]
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[[Category:Hitchhikers in Australia]]
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[[Category:Tech team]]
  
[[Austria]] - [[Slovenia]] - [[Croatia]] - [[Greece]] - [[Turkey]] - [[Bulgaria]] - [[Romania]] - [[Hungary]]
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[[de:Benutzer:MrTweek]]
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[[es:Usuario:MrTweek]]

Revision as of 01:58, 15 January 2013

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.

Personal records

  • Rides over 500 km
  • 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
  • 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.

Projects

  • Hitchwiki.org runs 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.

Contact