WheelHiking Research

Hiking with wheels under the backpack innovation project

Text and drawings by Frits Ahlefeldt, Hiking.org

Research project about new innovations in backpacks and hikers packs – to push or pull your luggage instead of putting load on your back. A few years back people would carry their suitcase, not anymore, wheels make it possible to pull your suitcase, instead of carrying it. Could we see a likewise development of new kinds of backpacks for hiking – This project is about looking at these new trends ,and will also take a look at how many ultra long distance hikers and walkers already use wheels under their gear – especially if they walk for longer than about a month. ( some walks for years, others have no home any more ) 

Research project under development ( 2018 )

Research: some alternatives to carry a backpack (sketch)

Wheel hiker

The terrain 4×4 Viking electrical wheelchair

The system can both be used for walking and climbing stretches of more challenging terrain

Heading towards the old castle ruin, the girls collected beach pebbles in the cooking pot and made a trail with them

The Jöellette one wheel wheelchair for hiking – wheel hiking research sketch

The project name “wheelHiking.com” is reserved for the project ( leads to this page on Hiking.org now: Hiking.org/wheelhiking )