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== About ==
 
== About ==
'''Quarim''' is a 29 years old hitchhiker from [[Trier]], [[Germany]] [[Image:flag_Germany.png|18px|border]].
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'''Quarim''' is a hitchhiker from [[Trier]], [[Germany]] [[Image:flag_Germany.png|18px|border]].
He has hitchhiked in 20 countries in [[Europe]] but most of the way he did in Germany.
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He has hitchhiked in 21 countries in [[Europe]] but most of the way he did in Germany.  
Right now he stucks in his office at work and does most of the hitchhiking trips only in his head. In real he did a bit more than '''26,000 km''' by hitchhiking.
 
 
[[User:Quarim/log|See his logfile of hitchhiking for more statistics]]
 
[[User:Quarim/log|See his logfile of hitchhiking for more statistics]]
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He also enjoys traveling on his road bike. Right now not hitchhiking very much.
  
 
Quarim can communicate in german and english and also can make himself understandable in french and spanish, gaved up to learn russian.
 
Quarim can communicate in german and english and also can make himself understandable in french and spanish, gaved up to learn russian.
 
== Dreams ==
 
Yes, Quarim is a dreamer! He is dreaming about just leaving his office right now and go out hitching the famous [[silk road]]
 
 
from [[Istanbul]] to [[Beijing]], continue to [[Australia]] find a boat to cross the pacific ocean taking him to [[Chile]], then up the [[Panamericana]] to [[Alaska]] before going to the east coast of [[Canada]], find a cargo ship to [[Iceland]] and being back before his lunch break ends.
 
 
== Plans for 2011 ==
 
* Plan, organize and run the [[Abgefahren hitchhiking race 2011]] - June 2011 - done
 
* Hitch a ride during my summer holidays in [[Cuba]] - planned for July 2011
 
* Pub to Pub hitchhiking in [[Ireland]] - planned for September 2011
 
* Prepare a survival training workshop for all interessted hitchhikers - done
 
  
 
== Tasks ==
 
== Tasks ==
He was one of the organisators of the [[abgefahren hitchhiking race 2009]] and [[abgefahren hitchhiking race 2010|2010]]. And works for [[abgefahren e.V.]]
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* He was one of the organisators of the [[abgefahren hitchhiking race 2009]], [[abgefahren hitchhiking race 2010|2010]], [[abgefahren hitchhiking race 2011|2011]] and [[abgefahren hitchhiking race 2012|2012]].  
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* In summer 2012 Quarim published the hitchhiking story book ''[http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0099DJW62/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=6742&creativeASIN=B0099DJW62&linkCode=as2&tag=meinpapablog-21&linkId=ZB7XCPZYRRNWEWU7 Hit the Road]'' in german.
  
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== Contact ==
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* blackbug<at>gmx<dot>de
 
== Statistics ==
 
== Statistics ==
  
'''Total hitchhiking distance:''' 27,544 km
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'''Total hitchhiking distance:''' 35,246 km
 
 
'''Total waiting time (calculated):''' 6d 18h 24min 19sec
 
  
 
'''Longest waits :'''
 
'''Longest waits :'''
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'''Longest Lift:''' from somewhere on the motorway in [[Serbia]] to [[Vienna]] in [[Austria]] (over 600km)
 
'''Longest Lift:''' from somewhere on the motorway in [[Serbia]] to [[Vienna]] in [[Austria]] (over 600km)
  
'''Longest distance in 24h:''' from [[Berlin]] to [[Cologne]] via [[Giessen]] (656 km)
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'''Longest distance in 24h:''' from [[Trier]] to [[Berlin]] via [[Bielefeld]] (774 km)
  
'''Top speed:''' up to 260 km/h on the german [[A7 (Germany)|A7]] from [[Hannover]] to [[Hamburg]]
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'''Top speed:''' up to 260 km/h on the german [[A7 (Germany)|A7]] from [[Hannover]] to [[Hamburg]] (Mercedes Benz SL 55 AMG)
  
'''Coldest Temperature hitchhiked:''' - 8°C at Dec 17th 2009 in [[Trier]]
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'''Coldest Temperature hitchhiked:''' - 8°C at Dec 17th 2009 in [[Trier]], and Feb 11th 2013 near [[Braunschweig]]
  
 
'''Hottest Temperature hitchhiked:''' + 35.7°C at August 12th 2009 in [[Nazaré]], [[Portugal]]
 
'''Hottest Temperature hitchhiked:''' + 35.7°C at August 12th 2009 in [[Nazaré]], [[Portugal]]
  
'''Highest altitude hitchhiked:''' 2,106m [[Gottard Pass]], [[Switzerland]] in June 2011
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'''Highest altitude hitchhiked:''' 2,106m [[Gotthard Pass]], [[Switzerland]] in June 2011
  
 
'''Milestone of 25,000 km:''' Hitchhiked on 27th August 2010 between [[Osnabrück]] and [[Hannover]], on that day they had a disaster alert in Osnabrück because of heavy rain and flooding. It was also the craziest weather Quarim hitchhiked in.
 
'''Milestone of 25,000 km:''' Hitchhiked on 27th August 2010 between [[Osnabrück]] and [[Hannover]], on that day they had a disaster alert in Osnabrück because of heavy rain and flooding. It was also the craziest weather Quarim hitchhiked in.
 
 
== Contact ==
 
* CS: quarim
 
* [[abgefahren e.V.]]
 
  
 
== Pictures ==
 
== Pictures ==
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|[[File:DSCI0111.JPG|thumb|300px|In [[Dubrovnik]], [[Croatia]], may 2008]]
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|[[File:DSCI0111.JPG|thumb|225px|In [[Dubrovnik]], [[Croatia]], may 2008]]
|[[File:Quarim_brandenburg.JPG|thumb|300px|Hitching minor roads in [[Brandenburg]] 2010]]
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|[[Image:No_autostop_en_italia.JPG|thumb|225px|Hitching a forbidden spot in [[Italy]], june 2009.]]
|[[Image:No_autostop_en_italia.JPG|thumb|300px|Hitching a forbidden spot in [[Italy]], june 2009.]]
 
 
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Revision as of 11:10, 17 December 2018

About

Quarim is a hitchhiker from Trier, Germany Flag Germany.png. He has hitchhiked in 21 countries in Europe but most of the way he did in Germany. See his logfile of hitchhiking for more statistics

He also enjoys traveling on his road bike. Right now not hitchhiking very much.

Quarim can communicate in german and english and also can make himself understandable in french and spanish, gaved up to learn russian.

Tasks

Contact

  • blackbug<at>gmx<dot>de

Statistics

Total hitchhiking distance: 35,246 km

Longest waits :

Shortest wait: no waiting time - only switching cars (more than 10 times)

Longest Lift: from somewhere on the motorway in Serbia to Vienna in Austria (over 600km)

Longest distance in 24h: from Trier to Berlin via Bielefeld (774 km)

Top speed: up to 260 km/h on the german A7 from Hannover to Hamburg (Mercedes Benz SL 55 AMG)

Coldest Temperature hitchhiked: - 8°C at Dec 17th 2009 in Trier, and Feb 11th 2013 near Braunschweig

Hottest Temperature hitchhiked: + 35.7°C at August 12th 2009 in Nazaré, Portugal

Highest altitude hitchhiked: 2,106m Gotthard Pass, Switzerland in June 2011

Milestone of 25,000 km: Hitchhiked on 27th August 2010 between Osnabrück and Hannover, on that day they had a disaster alert in Osnabrück because of heavy rain and flooding. It was also the craziest weather Quarim hitchhiked in.

Pictures

In Dubrovnik, Croatia, may 2008
Hitching a forbidden spot in Italy, june 2009.