Types of Hikers

Text and illustrations by Frits Ahlefeldt, Hiking.org
(Click a drawing to see all hikers in a slideshow)

Fodie hiker

Marble jar hiker, collecting miles, steps, mountain tops, long distance trails or other things

Hiker with feet that wants to go home

Walking the talk

Happy-feet-hiker

Heavy pack hiker

Hiker with mid sized backpack

Girl hiking with a GPS guided self-driving backpack

Old hikers often look like their faces have been shaped by many years on the trails

Reluctant hiker

Walk and talk hikers

Gadget hiker

Old Hikers

Time hiker illustration

virtual hike research hiker

The Spiritual hiker illustration

Elf hiker, tiny magical hikertype, can follow hikers for long distances, without being seen.

Hiker with light backpack

Trail ranger hiker

Burning the books and traditional understandings in a new digital based reality

Mood hiker

electrical- hiker

Music hiker, walking to the rhythm, making music along the trails

Recovery hiker, hiking to recover

Do like the trees, plug into nature

Storytelling hiker, walking to write

Elver hiker

heart hikers connecting along the trails

toddler hiker walking with a baby carrier along the trails

Ultra Trail hiker

Hiker in barrel

Half phone half hiker drawing

The Flaneur hiker strolling along the trails of life

dog hiker, hiking with a dog

Veteran-hiker walking along new trails

Using Virtual reality headsets when hiking

Ghost hiker drawing

Night hiker

Complaining hiker

Sketching up trails

plug into nature hiker

Expedition hikers, mastering the extreme

The Hitchhiker

bird watcher hiker, hiking to watch birds

As the Common Good gets more fractured it becomes harder to figure out who should benefit from it, and who should not

Walk on the Beach hiker

A happy Troll lady hiker

Off grid hiker, walking to get back to basic nature

Love illustrations – click image to see the collection

Thrive hiker, walking to feel good

Camera hiker

Global hiker

Hikers come in all shapes, orientations, colors and ages, with different motivations, backgrounds, cultures and styles.  But still, something brings everybody together, something that is very exciting, because often people out on the trails relate to each other in ways that build trust and instant communities like nothing else

Sketched up different styles and arch-types of hikers you might meet on the trails, from the ultra-light gear fanatics to the old monks, the scouts, the pilgrims, the hippies, the dare-devils, the philosophers, the selfie-takers and the rest – and there are many more hikertypes out there.