Swiss Website Lets You Hike the Alps

**plasty** · 05-16-12 at 06:41 PM

Swiss Website Lets You Hike through the Alps without Breaking a Sweat

If you’re a couch potato who dreams of seeing the beautiful Alps without actually doing any hiking, you can thank technology for the unbelievable experience offered by WebWandern DOT ch
Translated as Web Hike, this revolutionary website allows visitors to see the most beautiful sights the Alps have to offer, from the perspective of a hiker. To achieve the desired effect, the project initiators used real hikers to film HD footage of their mountain treks and uploaded the material to their website. All in all there are 10 stages that cover 130 kilometers of hiking, from Thusis (Switzerland) to Tirano (Italy). It all unfolds at normal speed, so it would take you days to go through the whole thing, but the best part is anyone can just jump through the footage however they like and see the most popular sights of the mountain range in a matter of hours.

To understand just how incredible this web hike really is, you have to check it out for yourself. The cameramen are absolutely silent throughout the whole experience, so you can only hear their footsteps and the nature sounds in the background. The camera is very steady, the quality of the footage is very good, and the perspective almost makes you feel like you’re actually there, only you’re in your underwear and munching on potato chips, not worrying about muscle aches. If you though Google Street View and those panorama-style pages were cool, this is going to blow your mind.

Although this virtual hike through the Alps allows anyone to see their beauty from the comfort of their own home, tourist chiefs in Switzerland hope this project will actually attract more visitors to the area. “We don’t think it will stop people coming to enjoy the real thing. You can’t experience the clean air and the pure countryside by being a couch potato” said spokesman Gieri Spescha.

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madman7 · 05-16-12 at 07:01 PM

lol... nice non the less, Im sure many people (fat) will be saying they did it! LOL

Trireaper · 05-16-12 at 07:02 PM

okay...
that's fookin awesome..

**PhoenixBSD** · 05-16-12 at 07:55 PM

Another great one plasty! Thanks! I've already spent half an hour 'hiking' and boy my feet are sore.

Oh... wait a minute... not my feet... it's my mouse pointing hand from skipping through parts of the first section.

05-16-12 at 07:02 PM	#3
Trireaper Apprentice Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 362	okay... that's fookin awesome.. Last edited by Trireaper; 05-16-12 at 07:09 PM. Reason: redacted a comment because of the awesomeness of the original post

05-16-12 at 07:01 PM	#2
madman7 Apprentice Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 404	lol... nice non the less, Im sure many people (fat) will be saying they did it! LOL

05-16-12 at 07:55 PM	#4
PhoenixBSD Luminiferous Ether Sailor Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Thailand Posts: 1,616	Another great one plasty! Thanks! I've already spent half an hour 'hiking' and boy my feet are sore. Oh... wait a minute... not my feet... it's my mouse pointing hand from skipping through parts of the first section.