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Schwyz   T4  
4 May 08
Fisherman on the Sihlsee Chli and Gross Aubrig – From Einsiedeln to Innerthal
The two classic “Voralpengipfel” Chli- and Gross Aubrig offer very nice views and are usually snow free quite early in the hiking season. I originally planned to start my hike in Willerzell, but when I arrived in Einsiedeln at 7 AM there was no bus to Willerzell for more than half an hour, because at home I looked at the bus...
Written by 360 5 May 2008, 10h13 (Photos:19)
St.Gallen   T1  
30 Apr 08
A gull flying over the Linth Walking along the Linth channel and Obersee - from Ziegelbrücke to Bollingen
If you like easy flat hikes which don’t have big inclines, the Linth plane should be perfect for you. Walking along the Linth channel is almost completely flat. We walked from Ziegelbrücke to Bollingen, almost 20 km and the altitude difference we made was about 20 meters… There’s not much else to say, the walk started at...
Written by 360 1 May 2008, 14h40 (Photos:14)
Appenzell   T3  
27 Apr 08
Cowslip (Echte Schlüsselblume, Primula veris) Kamor & Hoher Kasten – A hike from Rüthi in the Rhine valley to Wasserauen
After more than 3 weeks of "mountain abstinence" I felt a lot like some elevation. Nothing too serious, but up there somehow was my motto. The Appenzellerland sounded like the right choice and so I traveled to Rüthi in the Rhine valley. In the Rhine valley everything was blooming and it was very warm when I got of the bus. I...
Written by 360 30 April 2008, 21h45 (Photos:23)
Ohio   T3  
15 Apr 08
You can make it more difficult if you want to! Akron Ohio – hiking in two Metro Parks along the Cuyahoga River (aka “the burning river")
Since I lived in Ohio for more than five years I go and visit friends and family there once in a while. Following is some information about this area and a hike report about a fun little excursion along the Cuyahoga ([http://cougar.eb.com/soundc11/gg/ggcuya01.wav pronounced like this]) River. The US state Ohio is not exactly a...
Written by 360 24 April 2008, 23h30 (Photos:20)
St.Gallen   T5 WT4  
29 Mar 08
A red kite flying over my head (Rotmilan, Milvus milvus) Western Raaberg – A snowshoe tour to a not so well known
Western Raaberg is not well known amongst the mountains surrounding Amden. After Mattstock, Gulmen, Flügenspitz, Leistchamm and Chapf it only plays the second fiddle. The SAC guide (Säntis und Churfirsten) only describes the eastern most peak (1723 as Raaberg) and doesn’t even mention the highest point with the summit cross (P. 1779...
Written by 360 30 March 2008, 21h02 (Photos:15)
St.Gallen   PD-  
26 Mar 08
Only the tower of Säntis made it out of the clouds Stockberg – taking advantage of a short ridge of high pressure
The weather forecast for the Toggenburg promised a short ridge of high pressure for the afternoon; a short window of more or less blue sky. With all the snow we got in the past days the avalanche safe short ski tour from Stein to Stockberg seemed like the perfect thing to do in the afternoon. When I changed trains in Wattwil it rained and I was...
Written by 360 27 March 2008, 08h57 (Photos:18)
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Why 360?


As most of you probably noticed I am a big fan of 360 panoramas - that's of course why I chose 360 as my hikr username.
I create these panoramas by taking approximately 15-20 pictures (orientation portrait) all the way around in a circle. Sometimes I use a tripod but often I don't. In order to stitch the single images to one picture, I use the software The Panorama Factory. It also offers the option to create quicktime virtual realities (QTVR), where you can zoom in and out and interactively turn around. However, I usually use Pano2QTVR to create QTVR represantations of the jpg images.

In order to view these panoramas you need the quicktime plugin from apple:
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And here is the collection of my 360 Quicktime Virtual Realities