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'''Vilnius Hitch-hiking Club''' ('''VHHC''', ''Vilniaus autostopo klubas (VAK)'' in Lith.) was one of the leading [[hitchhiking]] organizations in [[Europe]], and a a member of the International Hitch-hiking Association. It was founded in October 2nd, 1996, and was based in [[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]]. Some of the most prominent club's hitchhikers were [[Vladas Sapranavičius]], [[Dainius Kinderis]], [[http://prino.neocities.org Robert Prins]], [[Katja and Augustas|Augustas Kligys]], [[Andrius Jankaitis]], [[Andrius Sytas]], [[Audronė Rukšaitė]], [[Egidijus Surma]], [[Lina Ratkevičiūtė]], [[Inga Garnytė]], [[Vilmantas Trumpickas]], [[Katja Lachmanand Augustas|Katja Lachmann]], [[Asta Gulijeva]], [[Laurynas Ivinskis]], [[Aistė Kesminaitė]], [[Domas Dumšė]], [[Lina Jokubauskaitė]], [[Giedrė Matačiūnaitė]], [[Marija Karpickaja]], [[Vita Vadoklytė]], [[Andžej Miloš]], [[Irma Urbonavičiūtė]], [[Marius Sugentaitis]].
The club organized local and international hitchhiking expeditions, competitions, conferences, gatherings, lectures and used to prepare various publications for Internet internet and mass media. It has regular member meetings and a governing board.The club existed till the year 20142013.The most famous events organized by the club where 4 were four International Hitch-hiking Conferences, organized in 1997 - 2000 in Vilnius and Warsaw, annual public hitch-hiking race "Baltics", organized every year, Baltic Hitch-hiking Gathering in Ventspils.
Club members used to wear a special yellow-red VHHC uniform when traveling.
* Domain name autostop.lt activated for the website of VHHC on April 1, 1999
* The last (the 5th) internal (for VHHC's members only) professional hitchhiking race organized on 11 September, 1999
* The only Baltic Hitch-hikers gathering has been organized on 28-29 June, 2003 in Ventspils, Latvia. 42 hitch-hikers from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Norway took part
* Three members of VHHC participated in the 5th International Hitch-hiking Conference in Riga, Latvia, organized by Latvian hitch-hiking club "E67" on 5-7 December, 2003
* 10th anniversary of the club has been celebrated on October 5, 2006 in Vilnius and on October 6-8, 2006 in Kupiškis district. 70 participants took part in celebration in Vilnius and 64 participants from 9 countries came to Kupiškis district. Three members of the club were awarded with the awards of the decade: Augustas Kligys for the largest distance hitch-hiked while being member of the club, Dainius Kinderis for the largest amount of countries hitch-hiked while being a member of VHHC and Vladas Sapranavičius for the largest amount of time hitch-hiked while being a member of VHHC.
* Members of the club Augustas Kligys and Katja Lachmann got a lift in a plane in Peru on March 18, 2008.
* Facebook page of the club launched on July 5, 2009.
* Traditional 15th annual public hitch-hiking competition "Baltics" attracted the largest amount of participants - 44 pairs on 24-25 April, 2010.
* Members of VHHC participated in the first [[Hitchgathering]] organized in Lithuania on 3-6 August, 2012. About 150 hitch-hikers took part in the event.
== Presidents ==
* Vladas Sapranavičius (from 1996 to 2000)
* Aistė Kesminaitė (from 2000 to 2001)
* Vytautas Kraujalis (from 2001 to 2002)
* Vilma Nevulytė (from 2002 to 2003)
* Dainius Kinderis (from 2003 to 2004)
* Andrius Jankaitis (from 2004 to 2013)
== Main Events Organized by the Club ==
* The second International Hitch-hiking Conference in Warsaw, Poland on 7 March, 1998
* The third International Hitch-hiking Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania on 6-7 March, 1999
* The fourth International Hitch-hiking Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania on 4-5 March, 2000
* The only Baltic Hitch-hikers gathering has been organized on 28-29 June, 2003 in Ventspils, Latvia. 42 hitch-hikers from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and Norway took part
== Hitch-hikers of The Year ==
* 1998 - Augustas Kligys (30500 km) and Audronė Rukšaitė (20000 km)
* 1999 - Vladas Sapranavičius (27000 km) and Inga Garnytė
* 2000 - Andrius Sytas and Asta Gulijeva
* 2001 - Mindaugas Budrys and Asta Gulijeva
* 2002 - Robert Prins and Lina Jokubauskaitė
* 2003 - Dainius Kinderis and Jūratė Žygelytė
* 2004 - Marius Sugentaitis and Marija Karpickaja
* 2005 - Dainius Kinderis and Marija Karpickaja
* 2006 - Dainius Kinderis and Katja Lachmann
* 2007 - Dainius Kinderis and Katja Lachmann
* 2008 - Robert Prins and Katja Lachmann (both foreigners)
* 2009 - Augustas Kligys (21000 km) and Katja Lachmann (18000 km)
* 2010 - Vilmantas Trumpickas (56000 km) and Irma Urbonavičiūtė (5700 km)
* 2011 - Vilmantas Trumpickas (39000 km) and Katja Lachmann (13325 km)
* 2012 - Robert Prins (28000 km) and Irma Urbonavičiūtė
== Honourable Members ==
These non-members of the club have been recognized as the biggest supporters of the club, who contributed the most for the club's development:
* Rytis Alekna
* Aivaras Cibulskas
* Alexander Netuzhilov
== Websites ==
