[pct-l] Hitching

[dgiese at maine.rr.com (Dave Giese)]

Last year I went on a search for a material that could be used as a 
"dry erase board" for hitching.  I settled on a piece of flexible 
cutting board, as sold in kitchen stores and some grocery stores.  Mine 
weighs 3 oz. including the pen.  It wipes off best with a bit of water, 
and does retain a bit of each entry, but not enough to render it 
unreadable.  One side is pebbled, and the other smooth.  Like all good 
hiker gear it has multiple uses:  The pebbled side is a cutting board, 
the smooth side is a hitching sign, and I slide it into the bottom of 
my pack to prevent prickly things from puncturing my gear when I set my 
pack down.  I thought allot about what color of ink would be the most 
attractive to a potential driver, and decided on blue (soothing and 
non-threatening), but it would be great to get a team of graduate 
students to research this dilemma and get some real data.
Do It Yourself

On Thursday, March 4, 2004, at 11:58 AM, Kent Ryhorchuk wrote:

> Re: Hitching signs
> We used the back of our Tyvek ground cloth as a hitching sign. When it
> was time for a hitch we would find a clear spot, fold it just so and
> write our destination on it (we always carry some sort of writing
> device). Said ground cloth is now a souvenir from our trip.
>
> Re: Hitching
> It helps to be thumbing it as a couple - approximately half of our 
> rides
> were women and I don't think they would have picked me up if I was by
> myself. Unfortunately scruffy hikers bear a striking resemblance to
> creepy weirdo types. Having Cathy served as some sort of "this guy is
> ok" signal.
>
> Kent.
>
>
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