Switzerland

Swiss nude hiking made the news again last week after Switzerland’s top court rejected the appeal of a man fined for trekking in the buff in the canton of Appenzell.
To recap, this story was first reported in early 2009 when a flux of naked Germans trotted into Appenzell and… Read the rest

Nude hiking in Switzerland is making the media rounds for at least the third time in two years, with the Appenzell Outer-Rhodes’ court ruling about a man seen trekking indecently over a year ago.
Though he admitted he had been hiking in the nude for two years already, the man… Read the rest

The first four jaw-dropping seconds open up to clips of Trond Teigen flying his body so deftly close and fast to some of the world’s most famous peaks that you’re left to wonder: can anyone fly a wingsuit? Does REI or Backcountry.com carry them yet? In the timely words of… Read the rest

Just over a year ago, nude hiking made the news after Appenzell, Switzerland took a stand against the practice. After what seemed to be an invasion of the naked Germans, the community passed a law that banned hiking in the buff. Violators were to be fined.
For what appears to… Read the rest

There are three dogs that spend their days with us here at Wend HQ, and each of them has a special way of reminding us of its presence. Porkchop, the eldest of the bunch, is a stubborn old land shark who likes to whimper his way into staff members’ lunch… Read the rest

They are a rare breed. Extremely fast people who run 100 miles in less than 24 hours, racing through the world’s toughest endurance courses. They are crazy. They are awesome. And one of those crazy-awesome runners is my friend Krissy Moehl.
Krissy and her pack of American ultra-runners are in… Read the rest

Lauterbrunnen July 2008 from Taylor Cole on Vimeo.
On today’s BASE jumping Saturday we’re bringing you more action from Switzerland, a top spot for BASE and wingsuit jumpers. No matter how many BASE jumping videos we watch here at Wend, we still can’t get enough… but we’ll leave the actual… Read the rest

It’s that time of week: Base Jumping Saturday! The day when we bring you one of our favorite base jumping videos. This one hails from Switzerland; doesn’t it make you want to go visit the Alps?… Read the rest

Due to global warming causing glacial melt in the Alps, Italy and Switzerland are being forced to redraw their national border, a line that has remained unchanged since 1861, when Italy became a unified state.
The border in the Alps was originally charted along geographical points of reference such as… Read the rest

Editor’s note: A few months ago we warned about Swiss villagers taking a stand against naked Germans, and because of the humor in the situation, we decided to bring you an update.… Read the rest
Residents in the small town of Appenzell, Switzerland are pushing for new legislation to ban hiking in the