The Swiss Alps offer thrills and spills not only for skiers, but also for tobogganists. An exhibition at the Forum for Swiss History in Schwyz gathers together 80 sledges, some of them for racing, and charts the evolution of this traditional if sometimes risky form of transport.(SF/swissinfo.ch)
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Sledging has become popular again in Switzerland over the past few years and there are a number of reasons to explain this, says sledge maker Erwin Dreier, whose company, Graf, produces up to 5,000 a year. “Sledging took a back seat in the 1980s and 1990s but I find that it’s become very popular in…
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