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The 8 Rules for Hitchhiking to the Mountain:

HItch hiking to the mountain is an art form. There are plenty of hard core ski bums that do not have cars and rely on the kindness of strangers to whisk them to their favorite mountain day in and day out. I haven’t had a car for 15 years and I hitch hike somewhere around 100 times each year. Take off your shades, drop your hood, and look each driver that passes you right in the eyes. Humans connect with people they make eye contact with. If you can make eye contact with a driver, you have a much higher chance of being picked up because now that driver has experienced a small

Miles Clark | January 5, 2021
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