Types of Hikers
Text and illustrations by Frits Ahlefeldt, Hiking.org
(Click a drawing to see all hikers in a slideshow)
Half phone half hiker drawing
Camera hiker
Fodie hiker
The Flaneur hiker strolling along the trails of life
Elf hiker, tiny magical hikertype, can follow hikers for long distances, without being seen.
Hiker with feet that wants to go home
Recovery hiker, hiking to recover
Storytelling hiker, walking to write
The Spiritual hiker illustration
Sketching up trails
dog hiker, hiking with a dog
The Hitchhiker
Mood hiker
As the Common Good gets more fractured it becomes harder to figure out who should benefit from it, and who should not
Love illustrations – click image to see the collection
Gadget hiker
Walk on the Beach hiker
Happy-feet-hiker
toddler hiker walking with a baby carrier along the trails
Thrive hiker, walking to feel good
Girl hiking with a GPS guided self-driving backpack
Global hiker
Trail ranger hiker
Music hiker, walking to the rhythm, making music along the trails
Time hiker illustration
Marble jar hiker, collecting miles, steps, mountain tops, long distance trails or other things
Old hikers often look like their faces have been shaped by many years on the trails
Do like the trees, plug into nature
Veteran-hiker walking along new trails
Hiker in barrel
Ultra Trail hiker
heart hikers connecting along the trails
Ghost hiker drawing
Walking the talk
Night hiker
Heavy pack hiker
virtual hike research hiker
Old Hikers
electrical- hiker
Hiker with light backpack
Using Virtual reality headsets when hiking
Elver hiker
Walk and talk hikers
Burning the books and traditional understandings in a new digital based reality
A happy Troll lady hiker
Reluctant hiker
plug into nature hiker
Hiker with mid sized backpack
Off grid hiker, walking to get back to basic nature
bird watcher hiker, hiking to watch birds
Expedition hikers, mastering the extreme
Complaining 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.