love and hiking

Love and hiking in illustrations

Drawings and text by Frits Ahlefeldt, Hiking.org

Woman turning herself into a stairway for her daughter to climb up to some flowers

Mothers and daughters

Group dynamics

Group dynamics

hunter couple carring a stick with a tv they just cought

Love as doing things together, like hunting stuff

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flower-heart-red-roses-love-illustration-by-frits-ahlefeldt

Drawing of two hikers walking hand in hand along a trail

heart hikers connecting along the trails

Couple watching tv together with popcorn

TV watching as being together

Princess looking at a prince frog that say I'm not ready"

Waiting time

drawing of a man caught in a heart formed search light

Surrender to love

drawing of a man on a cliff, looking far for love

Looking for love in the landscapes

Illustration of a key shaped as a heart

Key to love

heart where someone have taken a bite

Taking a bite

illustration of a knight and a princess on a scale with the dragon beneath keeping score

When the dragon keeps score

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woman with open arms and little kid girl running to her

Separation and re-union are part of the same story

Man who want to create a computer with self-awareness and woman saying that is a start

We try hard to develop technology to help us, where we fall short to deliver

larvae and butterfly looking at each other

At different stages

change by walking

change by walking

Drawing of a little dragon

The Little Dragon got me thinking

Drawing of a community heart with people digging tunnels to their own space

When people leave the community to find themselves

heart-stitched-love-recovery-stitch-repair-experience-illustration-by-frits-ahlefeldt

heart-hamster-wheel-running-around-love-illustration-by-frits-ahlefeldt

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drawing of a hippie snail with peace and love signs etc.

The Gypsy Hiker Snail sketch

Drawing of people around a huge red heart

People holding a heart together

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Two hills one of money, of nature, with a guy on each, the money guy grabbing, the other smiling

Holding on to the money vs. holding on to the moment. Drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

Moon and sun holding hands and smiling illustration

Sun and moon walking together

Drawing of a heart shaped island

Heart island – love as a place

a path marked with hearts and a woman hiker walking

Hiking and love sketches

Jeep landrover car with heart on the roof drawing

Love as exploring

People with a rescue net, formed as a heart looking up

Heart rescue team

Man in a bottle in sea, with a television and a woman in another bottle floating a bit away

Bottled modern life

love yourself snail drawing, snail looking at itself - in love

Snail in love with itself

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Drawing of a scientist sitting with a robot who say I promise you will never be alone again

Together in love… can technology remove loneliness?

Princess in a tower getting ready to jump into the arms of her lover

Jumping into the arms of love

Drawing of a heart with people in it

The social heart

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Drawing of a signpost, with both ways leading to the future

All paths leads to the future – no quote version

Old surfer in heart shorts being happy out in the waves

Love knows no age…

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heart with a green sprout appearing

love and hope illustration

little man sitting on shoulders of woman

Relationships are not always for mutual benefits

Green heart illustration

Connecting

Group of red hearts illustration

Group of hearts

Drawing of a frog at night with hearts around it

Frog getting ready for love

treehugger hugging tree

Real nature can be hugged

Frog singing out love songs in the night

Frog making itself heard

Storage system with different objects in it, heart, girl, rollerblades, flash light, flower etc

Categorizing

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drawing of an old lady with a sign saying "free hugs"

Free hugs lady illustration

Man walking after wife up a mountain saying lets walk through life together was a metaphor

Sometimes reality and words gets confused…

lets-jump-fragile-vase-and-ball-edge-illustration-by-frits-ahlefeldt

The individualized community

The individualized community

old woman on a bench with a sign saying "free hugs"

Free hugs drawing

When groups interact along the trails, magical things happen

When groups interact along the trails, magical things happen

frog and girl pusing each other away looking displeased

challenges

Drawing of a hiking caching the tail of something

Things are not always what you think…

Tired woman with kid drawing

Love can be demanding for modern people

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Drawing of a balloon, shaped like a heart, with a couple in it high in the air

Love balloon lifting people up

Hiker with a heart on his back

Love illustrations – click image to see the collection

Drawing of a knight with heart shield on a dark horse

The famous knight on a not so white horse

What you saw is what you reap illustration, girl watering flowers with a heart-shaped water-can

Growing good feelings

Woman looking at computer with frog and hearts on it

Technology and love

Speed monster in red sportscar and girl looking not happy

Relationships are not always going the way people want, but it can be difficult to get off

drawing of a man in the landscape - looking for love with binoculars

Searching for love

Man with red sportscar, trying to convince woman with computer, to jump in

Roles in modern life

Old man fishing in gap, old woman watching him, together with a cat from the other side

time, fishing and expectations as love

Mother with twins smiling

Happy twin mother illustration

Getting together

Getting together

Heart community

Heart community

blond woman with a earth as a backpack

Sustainable hiking

princess woman and knight man looking disappointed at each other

Expectations and love

illustration of a line of hearts on a drying line

Hearts on the drying line

king daydreaming about when he was a frog

Thinking back on the old good days

My collection of drawings about love, thoughts, notes and images where I try to sketch up and figure out what love is all about. It’s a sketch of a map.

Love, affection and hiking is kind of special, some hike as an escape from problematic relationships, some hike with their loved ones, others because of loss, or in hope of finding. Love can be part of hiking in so many ways, not only on the trails, but in our language love, walking together, life trails, to take a hike or and being on the same path are just a few examples of how hiking and love are knitted closely together.