Rajam Roose, South Island, New Zealand.

About the Author, Rajam Roose

Growing up in North Alabama, there was plenty of space for being outdoors, hiking and rafting.  As a kid, I would imagine myself traveling the world and fighting for good.

When I was 14 years old, my rebellious nature sent me to a wilderness school for 18 months where I lived with other teens in cabins that we designed and built ourselves.

At 20 years old, I was personally introduced to hitchhiking when my roommate's friend, who was hitchhiking around the country, stayed with us for a few days. I tried out a small hitching jaunt and loved it so much that my dream of traveling finally became a reality.

The adventures and experiences I had were so incredible I immediately put them to paper where they languished for years before being noticed by a freelance editor (who discovered my stories on the once popular hitchhiker forum, Digihitch). He was instrumental in helping to polish the stories into a book.

I currently reside in San Diego and founded the San Diego Pain Summit, LLC, an annual interdisciplinary conference to help participants translate pain research into clinical practice. 

I don’t hitchhike any longer but still enjoy traveling to new places!