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