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