Ken Kifer
Kifer on a tour in 2003
Born	October 23, 1945 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died	September 14, 2003 (2003-09-15) (aged 57) Alabama
Nationality	American
Occupation	English instructor
Known for	Cycling, Walden

Ken Kifer (October 23, 1945 – September 14, 2003) was an American writer, bicyclist and webmaster. Kifer was a Walden scholar^[1] and admirer of Henry David Thoreau, and wrote Analysis and Notes on Walden. His website is still a source of information on bicycling and especially bicycle touring.^[2]

Kifer was killed by a drunk driver in September 2003 while riding his bicycle 6 miles (9.7 km) from his home near Scottsboro, Alabama, USA.^[3]

Biography

Kifer was born in Pittsburgh to Paul and Dorothy Kifer and moved to Gadsden, Alabama in 1954. He attended Jacksonville State University and was a fan of caving.^[4] A keen cyclist, Kifer went on many long and short tours many of which he chronicled on his website,^[5] and several that he did not, including one to the west coast of the United States that took him through Montana.^[6]