We note that more and more hikers are using Apps, social networks or other technologies to support their hiking activities. Are there differences between technological hikers and classic hikers? What do they use these technologies for? Are they useful?
Pablo Vidal-González
The advancement of technology is a wonderful thing. After all, when trails, both long-distance, and short-distance, are found and used by a larger audience in Hiking.
Hikers use apps to register their exercise, share them in social media, monitor their performance... Moreover there are options to follow an existing path.
To follow a path you can use Wikiloc. To register your exercise Suunto or Garmin apps (depending on your watch manufacturer) and to share the activity with other, Strava.
Studies have shown how various technologies mediate the relationships between individuals and the environment e.g. in the context of hiking/walking/driving in nature - and consequently the experiences of self and other(s). One can expect that social media and various apps new has added more and complex layers to the mix.
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