Types of Hikers
Text and illustrations by Frits Ahlefeldt, Hiking.org
(Click a drawing to see all hikers in a slideshow)
Ultra Trail hiker
A happy Troll lady hiker
The Hitchhiker
The Flaneur hiker strolling along the trails of life
Ghost hiker drawing
Using Virtual reality headsets when hiking
Music hiker, walking to the rhythm, making music along the trails
Old Hikers
Hiker with feet that wants to go home
Camera hiker
Storytelling hiker, walking to write
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
bird watcher hiker, hiking to watch birds
Heavy pack hiker
Do like the trees, plug into nature
Hiker with light backpack
Burning the books and traditional understandings in a new digital based reality
Mood hiker
heart hikers connecting along the trails
Girl hiking with a GPS guided self-driving backpack
The Spiritual hiker illustration
Reluctant hiker
Complaining hiker
Expedition hikers, mastering the extreme
Recovery hiker, hiking to recover
Veteran-hiker walking along new trails
Thrive hiker, walking to feel good
dog hiker, hiking with a dog
electrical- hiker
Hiker in barrel
Old hikers often look like their faces have been shaped by many years on the trails
Trail ranger hiker
Half phone half hiker drawing
Happy-feet-hiker
Walk and talk hikers
Off grid hiker, walking to get back to basic nature
Fodie hiker
Sketching up trails
Elver hiker
Walk on the Beach hiker
Walking the talk
Hiker with mid sized backpack
Gadget hiker
Night hiker
Marble jar hiker, collecting miles, steps, mountain tops, long distance trails or other things
plug into nature hiker
toddler hiker walking with a baby carrier along the trails
Elf hiker, tiny magical hikertype, can follow hikers for long distances, without being seen.
Time hiker illustration
Global hiker
virtual hike research 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.