Tag: mountains

The Sasquatch Zipline

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In the weeks leading up to our yearly Automattic Grand Meetup, people organize all kinds of activities. I’ve always wanted to do a zipline tour and I was lucky to get my name on the list early enough to secure a spot. There were 2 different tours available and I picked one out of the blue because of the date and time.

THE SASQUATCH® IS THE LONGEST ZIPLINE IN WHISTLER, ALL OF CANADA, AND THE USA.
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I didn’t even realize what I was signing up for! While the total tour time is 1.5 hours, the estimated time on the zipline is 90-100 seconds. The single line spans over 2 km, reaching speeds of 100+ km/h!

Talk about a rush! It was much harder to spin around than I expected, so once I got myself situated I spent a lot of time with my hands on the handles.

sasquatch-zipline

Surrounded by Mountains

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During a hike this morning, I stopped to take a 360° panorama of the mountains. I used the iOS app 360 ($0.99) to do all of the hard work. It’s a nifty little app and only took about a minute for the process.

To interact with the panorama and get the full experience, view it in my account on the 360 site. It’s really cool on a device like the iPhone because it can use the gyroscope, allowing you to “look” all around. Here is a flat representation (click the image for full size).

Next is a stereographic image of the panorama, which is pretty neat too. Again, click for full size.

I’d say the result is pretty great considering it took about 60 seconds, I didn’t have a tripod (just stood and turned in a circle), and the app is less than a buck. I’ve seen worse panorama’s when people use fancy equipment and spend a good chunk of time stitching individual images together.