I knew there was a word for catching a ride on the back of a moving vehicle: It’s “skitching,” as I’ve just found out. I posted on some skitchers in northern Peru in “Dangerous Skateboarding in Peru” (October 30). Skateboaders in North America skitch rides mainly for the thrill of it, but in Peru, kids do it out of necessity. Skitching rides is the only way that some poor kids in the provinces have to get around. They kids sell food and drinks to truckers along the highway, but don’t even have bicycles to ride. I think the Peruvian skitchers photographed in yesterday’s post deserve this t-shirt: It’s made and sold by Neighborhoodies, available online. The dangers of…