Waters has not only had several
best selling books, but his last
(Carsick) was basically pitched
in just one or two sentences. His
publisher jumped at the concept
of a 66-year-old celebrity hitchhiking across the country. Nothing more needed to be said. His
assistants and the people close
to him thought he was crazy,
however.
“Everybody was so uptight that
I was doing it that it started to
make me nervous,” he admitted.
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“I was worried no one would
pick me up. That was my worry.
There were days when you’d
stand out for ten hours and you
can’t imagine how slowly those
ten hours go. I would always
repeat, ‘It only takes one car…’
because that’s true.
“Hitchhiking is a little bit of a
scary thing for both the driver
and the hitchhiker, but you take
risks,” continued Waters. “To
me, staying home is scary because nothing will happen to
you. So, to me, even a bad experience with hitchhiking means
something happened. And
I’m interested in extreme situations, extreme people, and adventures. As you get older you
take less adventures. This was
definitely an adventure and my
street cred did go up. I’m still
impressed I did it. I can’t believe
I did it. But I think it’s important
to take chances and continue to
try something you haven’t done,
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