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<h2>About</h2>
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[https://prino.neocities.org Prino]
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Robert "'''prino'''" Prins is a 52-year old hitchhiking grandfather of three, 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 20 November 2012 at 12:55 he has hitched 350,792.5 km in the following 33 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]], [[Slovenia]] and [[Andorra]].
 
 
 
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]].
 
 
 
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>Some personal hitch-hike records/statistics</h2>
 
[[Image:prino-guinness.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Famous for 15 minutes...]]
 
<ul>
 
  <li>'''Career distance:''' 350,792.5 km (as of 2012-11-20T12:55)</li>
 
  <li>'''Best 24 hour:''' 2,318.4 km, from Southern Yugoslavia (1989-07-05T00:00) to just before Rastst&auml;tte 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>'''Fastest ride:''' 190.2 km/h (''average speed!''), from Rastst&auml;tte Aurach (Germany) (2010-06-14T20:06) to Rastst&auml;tte 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 (''actual driving time''), from Oostende (Belgium) (2010-11-22T06:56) via Germany back to Oostende (2010-11-25T06:19).</li>
 
  <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, 2007/8 and 2011/12.</li>
 
</ul>
 
 
 
<h2>Projects</h2>
 
<ul>
 
  <li>He is the author of a [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hitching/files/Robert%27s%20programs/ set of programs] to extract various [[Keeping statistics|statistics]] from notes made while hitchhiking, a short description of them can be found on [[User:prino/pascal|Prino's Programs]].</li>
 
</ul>
 
 
 
<h2>On the web</h2>
 
 
 
<h4>'''[http://hitchwiki.org/community/prino/ Prino's Blog]'''</h4>
 
<ul>
 
  <li>[http://hitchwiki.org/community/prino/2012/04/11/justina-maarten/ Justina &amp; Maarten]</li>
 
  <li>[http://hitchwiki.org/community/prino/2012/02/27/2011-a-review 2011, a review]</li>
 
  <li>[http://hitchwiki.org/community/prino/2011/10/26/vak-15-no-escape-from-hitching-to-the-middle-of-nowhere/ VAK-15 - no escape from hitching to the middle of nowhere]</li>
 
  <li>[http://hitchwiki.org/community/prino/2011/10/09/trip-1-1980-and-as-a-bonus-trip-100-2011 Trip 1, 1980 (and as a bonus, trip 100, 2011)]</li>
 
  <li>[http://hitchwiki.org/community/prino/2011/08/13/raststatte-hopping/ Rastst&auml;tte Hopping]</li>
 
  <li>[http://hitchwiki.org/community/prino/2011/05/28/numbers-numbers-numbers/ Numbers, numbers, numbers]</li>
 
  <li>[http://hitchwiki.org/community/prino/2011/04/29/inga/ Inga]</li>
 
  <li>[http://hitchwiki.org/community/prino/2011/04/14/so-where-do-you-sleep/ "So where do you sleep?"]</li>
 
  <li>[http://hitchwiki.org/community/prino/2011/03/13/looking-back-on-2010-a-very-good-hitchhiking-year/ Looking back on 2010, a very good hitchhiking year]</li>
 
  <li>[http://hitchwiki.org/community/prino/2010/09/20/close-but-no-cigar/ Close, but no cigar…]</li>
 
  <li>[http://hitchwiki.org/community/prino/2008/10/22/a-trip-to-denmark-and-liechtenstein-way-back-in-2000/ A trip to Denmark and Liechtenstein (way back in 2000...)]</li>
 
  <li>[http://hitchwiki.org/community/prino/2008/08/30/records-are-there-to-be-broken/ Records are there to be broken…]</li>
 
  <li>[http://hitchwiki.org/community/prino/2008/08/05/a-quick-trip-through-eight-countries/ A quick trip through eight countries]</li>
 
  <li>[http://hitchwiki.org/community/prino/2008/05/15/oostende-b-de-bilt-nl-and-back/ Oostende (B) - De Bilt (NL) and back]</li>
 
</ul>
 
 
 
<h4>'''Mentioned in a Master's Thesis'''</h4>
 
 
 
<ul>
 
  <li>[http://membres.lycos.fr/bpierret/memoire/memoire.html Auto-stop Approche géographique (Sylvain Viard, 1999)]</li>
 
</ul>
 
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<h4>'''On [http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/ Abgefahren e.V.]'''</h4>
 
 
 
[http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/DE/blogs/prino/20081022/a-trip-denmark-and-liechtenstein-way-back-2000 A trip to Denmark and Liechtenstein (in 2000)]<br />
 
[http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/DE/blogs/prino/20080830/records-are-there-be-broken Records are there to be broken]<br />
 
[http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/DE/blogs/prino/20080805/a-quick-trip-through-eight-countries A quick trip through eight countries]<br />
 
[http://abgefahren.hitchbase.com/DE/blogs/prino/20080515/oostende-b-de-bilt-nl-and-back Oostende to De Bilt and back] -->
 
 
 
<h4>'''On [http://www.liveontheroad.tv/blog/ Live on the road]'''</h4>
 
<ul>
 
  <li>[http://www.liveontheroad.tv/blog/hitch-hiking-with-the-master/ Hitchhiking with the master] (also on [http://vimeo.com/40209632 Vimeo])</li>
 
</ul>
 
 
 
<h4>'''On the website of the [http://www.autostop.lt/ Vilniaus Autostopo Klubas]'''</h4>
 
 
 
<ul>
 
  <li>[http://www.autostop.lt/stories/2000prins.html Back home from the 4th IHHC]</li>
 
</ul>
 
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<h4>'''On [http://www.suite101.com/ Suite 101]'''</h4>
 
 
 
<ul>
 
  <li>[http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/hitch_hiking/11729 Thumbing Around: Robert Prins Writes]</li>
 
</ul> -->
 
 
 
<h4>'''On [http://bernd.wechner.info/ Bernd Wechner's mirror of Suite 101]'''</h4>
 
 
 
<ul>
 
  <li>[http://bernd.wechner.info/Hitchhiking/Suite101/Article/?31 Thumbing Around: Robert Prins Writes]</li>
 
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<h4>'''On [http://www.digihitch.com/ Digihitch]'''</h4>
 
 
 
[http://www.digihitch.com/road-culture/hitchhikers-modern/996 Robert Prins (minuscule bio)]<br />
 
[http://www.digihitch.com/article1546.html A trip to Denmark and Liechtenstein (way back in 2000...)]<br />
 
[http://www.digihitch.com/article1503.html Records are there to be broken (or I love hitch-hiking in Germany)]<br />
 
[http://www.digihitch.com/article1483.html A short trip through 8 countries in four days]<br />
 
[http://www.digihitch.com/article1412.html Oostende (B) - De Bilt (NL) and back] -->
 
 
 
<h2>Daily life</h2>
 
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 [http://www.cbttape.org/ftp/cbt/CBT769.zip 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 [news://comp.lang.pascal.borland comp.lang.pascal.borland] Usenet newsgroup.
 
 
 
He is currently unemployed. A CV is available on request.
 
 
 
<h2>Trivia</h2>
 
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.
 
 
 
<h2>Contact</h2>
 
<ul>
 
  <li>email: robert(a)prino(d)org</li>
 
  <li>Skype: prinox (or sometimes madtruffi)</li>
 
  <li>JustVoip: madtruffi</li>
 
  <li>Hospitality Club: [http://secure.hospitalityclub.org/hc/travel.php?cid=prino prino]</li>
 
  <li>CouchSurfing: [http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/prino/ prino]</li>
 
</ul>
 
 
 
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