Boon Man
Member
Hi guys, wanted to introduce myself again since I attempted joining this community a few years ago. I was 19 then, and I'm 21 now, and I've learned a little more. I popped in here and announced like a jackass I was about to hop freight and live abroad, just jump into it head first, and even though I had spent a lot of time preparing and researching, I was ultimately very naive and immature, I hardly understood anything about being independent, or even about myself. The memories of an event that I think shaped me into someone who won't fit quite right into a conventional modern lifestyle were still suppressed in my mind, I didn't know there wasn't really anything wrong with me. I never got on a train, I worked seasonal in national parks a few summers to get out and around, did a little hitchhiking, learned how to live a little bit, and now I'm back here again, again intending to hop freight in the future, but with a couple more years under me. I still intend to ignore the most repeated piece of advice I hear online, hitchhike first and find a mentor, something that draws me to freighthopping is how antisocial it can be, but I've spent the last few years consuming every piece of freight hopping content I can find, there used to be a lot of really good pieces on reddit by PleaseCallMeTall and Huckstah with some good info, there's still a few floating around but nothing very juicy. Is anybody open to having a conversation with me, letting me pick your brain a bit? I know I'm not gonna get spoon fed anything but any glimpse into real experience would help. Stay safe, stay warm.