Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Most summers since I was 17, I’ve gone hitchhiking. In California, at 19, I rode with a stuntman who estimated he’d sustained 50 concussions. A few years ...

Mountain passes, with their curves, high speed limits, and blind corners, aren’t ideal spots for hitchhiking. You might have to walk a ways to find a pullout or wide shoulder that’s safer for ...