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About Mountain Rideshare

Over the winter months I would watch the weather religiously. With the first sight of a storm that might bring significant snowfall I would start the long, complicated process of trying to find space in a vehicle that was driving to the Alps. With this thought in mind I would trawl the web and look at websites to see if there were any leads that might get me to the snow in time to get the goods. This was never a successful search.

I was prepared to carpool with anyone going vaguely close to Chamonix. Even after jumping on a train from wherever I was dropped off it was still more cost effective for me to travel this way rather than a carbon-belching, short-haul flight.

There were a few very positive implications of getting to my destination by sharing a ride and joining a vehicle that was already traveling to the Alps:

·    More affordable for me
·    More affordable for the people with whom I traveled
·    I made new friends
·    I got to Chamonix in time to ride the fresh snow
·    It was the most environmentally friendly method for me to get to the mountains

By happily avoiding the demeaning, sheep-herding mentality of the airlines I not only reduced my own carbon footprint but also the people I was traveling with. Clearly for those doing the driving and hoping for the same efficiencies and karma points of carpooling, the idea works equally well. Carpooling is a win-win solution for my new friends, the mountains, and me.

Mountain Rideshare is the one-stop website that brings riders and drivers together making financial sense for riders and drivers and saving the planet in the process.