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Robert "<!-- span style="color:blue" -->'''prino'''<!-- /span -->" Prins is a 51-year old hitchhiking grandfather of two, born in the [[Netherlands]], but now living in [[Oostende]] in [[Belgium]]. | Robert "<!-- span style="color:blue" -->'''prino'''<!-- /span -->" Prins is a 51-year old hitchhiking grandfather of two, born in the [[Netherlands]], but now living in [[Oostende]] in [[Belgium]]. | ||
| − | His <!-- span style="color:blue" -->'''recorded'''<!-- /span --> hitchhiking career started on 16 June 1980 at 7:47 and as of | + | His <!-- span style="color:blue" -->'''recorded'''<!-- /span --> hitchhiking career started on 16 June 1980 at 7:47 and as of 10 September 2011 at 15:32 he has hitched 313,524.1 km in the following 32 countries: |
[[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Denmark]], [[Sweden]], [[Norway]], [[Finland]], [[France]], [[Austria]], [[Yugoslavia]], [[Greece]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Turkey]], [[Belgium]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Italy]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Poland]], [[Lithuania]], [[Latvia]], [[Estonia]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Switzerland]], [[Ireland]], [[Japan]], [[San Marino]], [[Portugal]], [[Spain]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], [[Hungary]], [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]]. | [[Netherlands]], [[Germany]], [[Denmark]], [[Sweden]], [[Norway]], [[Finland]], [[France]], [[Austria]], [[Yugoslavia]], [[Greece]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Turkey]], [[Belgium]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Italy]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Poland]], [[Lithuania]], [[Latvia]], [[Estonia]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Switzerland]], [[Ireland]], [[Japan]], [[San Marino]], [[Portugal]], [[Spain]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], [[Hungary]], [[Croatia]] and [[Slovenia]]. | ||
| − | He has also been to the [[United States of America|USA]] | + | He has also been to the [[United States of America|USA]] on two occasions, visiting [[Austin]] and [[New York]], but he has not done any hitchhiking during those visits. |
See details on his [[User:prino/log|log of hitching trips]] or a [[User:prino/map|map]]. | See details on his [[User:prino/log|log of hitching trips]] or a [[User:prino/map|map]]. | ||
| − | He's fluent in Dutch and English, more than capable of speaking German and knows enough | + | He's fluent in Dutch and English, more than capable of speaking German and knows enough French to survive when dropped in the middle of nowhere in France. |
<h2>Personal hitch-hike records/statistics</h2> | <h2>Personal hitch-hike records/statistics</h2> | ||
[[Image:prino-guinness.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Famous for 15 minutes...]] | [[Image:prino-guinness.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Famous for 15 minutes...]] | ||
<ul> | <ul> | ||
| − | <li>'''Career distance:''' 313, | + | <li>'''Career distance:''' 313,524.1 km (as of 2011-09-10T15:32)</li> |
<li>'''Best 24 hour:''' 2,318.4 km, from Southern Yugoslavia (1989-07-05T00:00) to just before Raststätte Hamburg-Stillhorn (Germany) (1989-07-05T24:00). This record can be found on page 179 of the 1991 UK edition of the Guinness Book of Records, see the link from [[Hitchhiking World Records]] for full [[Prino%27s_24-hour_record|details]].</li> | <li>'''Best 24 hour:''' 2,318.4 km, from Southern Yugoslavia (1989-07-05T00:00) to just before Raststätte Hamburg-Stillhorn (Germany) (1989-07-05T24:00). This record can be found on page 179 of the 1991 UK edition of the Guinness Book of Records, see the link from [[Hitchhiking World Records]] for full [[Prino%27s_24-hour_record|details]].</li> | ||
<li>'''Longest ride:''' 2,502.9 km, from [[Platamon]] (Greece) (1990-08-13T16:32) to [[Driebergen]] (Netherlands) (1990-08-15T12:54).</li> | <li>'''Longest ride:''' 2,502.9 km, from [[Platamon]] (Greece) (1990-08-13T16:32) to [[Driebergen]] (Netherlands) (1990-08-15T12:54).</li> | ||
<li>'''Fastest ride:''' 190.2 km/h (<!-- span style="color:blue" -->''average speed!''<!-- /span -->), from Raststätte Aurach (Germany) (2010-06-14T20:06) to Raststätte In der Holledau (2010-06-14T20:50). There have been a multitude of rides where the highest speed has exceeded this value, with speeds up to around 255 km/h!</li> | <li>'''Fastest ride:''' 190.2 km/h (<!-- span style="color:blue" -->''average speed!''<!-- /span -->), from Raststätte Aurach (Germany) (2010-06-14T20:06) to Raststätte In der Holledau (2010-06-14T20:50). There have been a multitude of rides where the highest speed has exceeded this value, with speeds up to around 255 km/h!</li> | ||
<li>'''Fastest trip:''' 3,076.7 km in 24:16 hours (<!-- span style="color:blue" -->''actual driving time''<!-- /span -->), from Oostende (Belgium) (2010-11-22T06:56) via Germany back to Oostende (2010-11-25T06:19).</li> | <li>'''Fastest trip:''' 3,076.7 km in 24:16 hours (<!-- span style="color:blue" -->''actual driving time''<!-- /span -->), from Oostende (Belgium) (2010-11-22T06:56) via Germany back to Oostende (2010-11-25T06:19).</li> | ||
| − | <li>'''Exceed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | + | <li>'''Exceed one [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-second Light-second]:''' On 2011-02-02T10:47 his ''recorded'' hitchhiking distance exceeded 299.792.5 km. It takes light one second to travel this distance, it took Prino, give or take a few <!-- 15? --> leap-seconds, 966,673,380 times longer.</li> |
<li>Best [http://www.autostop.lt/ '''Vilniaus Autostopo Klubas'''] traveler (distance-wise) for the club years of 2001/2 and 2007/8.</li> | <li>Best [http://www.autostop.lt/ '''Vilniaus Autostopo Klubas'''] traveler (distance-wise) for the club years of 2001/2 and 2007/8.</li> | ||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
Revision as of 22:20, 12 September 2011
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About
Robert "prino" Prins is a 51-year old hitchhiking grandfather of two, born in the Netherlands, but now living in Oostende in Belgium.
His recorded hitchhiking career started on 16 June 1980 at 7:47 and as of 10 September 2011 at 15:32 he has hitched 313,524.1 km in the following 32 countries:
Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, France, Austria, Yugoslavia, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Belgium, United Kingdom, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Ireland, Japan, San Marino, Portugal, Spain, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia.
He has also been to the USA on two occasions, visiting Austin and New York, but he has not done any hitchhiking during those visits.
See details on his log of hitching trips or a map.
He's fluent in Dutch and English, more than capable of speaking German and knows enough French to survive when dropped in the middle of nowhere in France.
Personal hitch-hike records/statistics
- Career distance: 313,524.1 km (as of 2011-09-10T15:32)
- Best 24 hour: 2,318.4 km, from Southern Yugoslavia (1989-07-05T00:00) to just before Raststätte Hamburg-Stillhorn (Germany) (1989-07-05T24:00). This record can be found on page 179 of the 1991 UK edition of the Guinness Book of Records, see the link from Hitchhiking World Records for full details.
- Longest ride: 2,502.9 km, from Platamon (Greece) (1990-08-13T16:32) to Driebergen (Netherlands) (1990-08-15T12:54).
- Fastest ride: 190.2 km/h (average speed!), from Raststätte Aurach (Germany) (2010-06-14T20:06) to Raststätte In der Holledau (2010-06-14T20:50). There have been a multitude of rides where the highest speed has exceeded this value, with speeds up to around 255 km/h!
- Fastest trip: 3,076.7 km in 24:16 hours (actual driving time), from Oostende (Belgium) (2010-11-22T06:56) via Germany back to Oostende (2010-11-25T06:19).
- Exceed one Light-second: On 2011-02-02T10:47 his recorded hitchhiking distance exceeded 299.792.5 km. It takes light one second to travel this distance, it took Prino, give or take a few leap-seconds, 966,673,380 times longer.
- Best Vilniaus Autostopo Klubas traveler (distance-wise) for the club years of 2001/2 and 2007/8.
Projects
- He is the author of a set of programs to extract various statistics from notes made while hitchhiking, a short description of them can be found on Prino's Programs.
On the web
Prino's Blog
- Raststätte Hopping
- Numbers, numbers, numbers
- Inga
- "So where do you sleep?"
- Looking back on 2010, a very good hitchhiking year
- Close, but no cigar…
- A trip to Denmark and Liechtenstein (way back in 2000...)
- Records are there to be broken…
- A quick trip through eight countries
- Oostende (B) - De Bilt (NL) and back
Mentioned in a Master's Thesis
Auto-stop Approche géographique (Sylvain Viard, 1999)
On the website of the Vilniaus Autostopo Klubas
On Suite 101
Thumbing Around: Robert Prins Writes
On Bernd Wechner's mirror of Suite 101
Thumbing Around: Robert Prins Writes
On Digihitch
Daily life
In his daily life he is an analyst programmer with more than 25 years of experience in PL/I and somewhat less in DB2, CICS, REXX and IDMS. He is the author and maintainer of a set of REXX execs that can be used to convert legacy languages into HTML. He is also, since February 2003, the maintainer of the mini-FAQ for the comp.lang.pascal.borland Usenet newsgroup.
He is currently unemployed. A CV is available on request.
Trivia
The origins of "prino"?
The name "prino" was "given" to him in 1974 by his chemistry teacher, Eelco Hessling. When going through the names in his teachers notebook, he could not read his own handwriting, called "Robert Prins" "Robert Prino". The name was taken over by a few of his classmates and has stuck ever since.
Contact
- email: robert(a)prino(d)org
- Skype: prinox (or sometimes madtruffi)
- JustVoip: madtruffi
- Hospitality Club: prino
- CouchSurfing: prino
   
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