File talk:Hitchhiker-Luxemburg-1977.jpg

First Contribution

Hitchwiki logo

Hitchwiki's current logo was based on this picture :) Guaka (talk) 18:14, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

I cannot see that. Logo and picture depict the hand from a very different angle of view. Nevertheless the gesture is the same – "thumb out" (static, without or only little moving the hand). --Helium4 (トーク) 09:36, 28 March 2017 (UTC)

Further details

Dark blue patch near left knee of blue jeans seems to be a home-made repair.

Red spot in front of right leg is the retroreflective reflector of the delineator (German: Straßenbegrenzungspflock).

Backpack ist made of woven nylon (polyamide) textile. Its Aluminium-rack is "H"-style, therefore most likely welded (not connected by screws). Top ends fit in textile pockets, sides of pack is strapped with 1/2-inch-nylon belts through 2 D-rings, shoulder straps are padded with broad foam stripes. Backpacks of this type first dark green or blue, later bright orange were available in sport shops in Austria starting about 1970/1972, typically from (Made in) Japan, in Austria called "Tramper-Rucksack". While all earlier backpack-types rested with their bottom of the bag on the ground and therefore occasionally got wet and dirty, the new style stood on two aluminium legs, if one can lean it against a wall, a post or the own body. Unless you have not packed the sleeping bag (in a bag) under the rucksacks bag. Special racks even allowed to fold out a simple seat for the user ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Helium4 (talk • contribs) 11:19, 28 March 2017 (UTC)