Adventure Switzerland: Galloping into the sunset Thursday, 21 August, 2008All this week WRS has brought you a glimpse at some of the adrenaline-pumping activities you can do around the country. After paragliding, ziplining, climbing and biking, World Radio Switzerland’s Alex Helmick dons his ten gallon hat and saddles up for a little horseback riding in the Jura for the final story of our Adventure Switzerland series.
Adventure Switzerland: Mountain biking in its truest form Wednesday, 20 August, 2008All this week WRS brings you a glimpse at some of the adrenaline-pumping activities you can do around the country in a series called Adventure Switzerland. Since there are a lot of mountains in Switzerland, why not take a bike to the top of one and ride down it? World Radio Switzerland’s Alex Helmick did just that. We’ll see if he made it back down on two wheels or if he needs to use that Swiss health insurance of his.
Adventure Switzerland: Climbing in the rain Tuesday, 19 August, 2008All this week WRS brings you a glimpse at some of the adrenaline-pumping activities you can do around the country in a series called Adventure Switzerland. We’ve heard stories about ziplining and paragliding and today World Radio Switzerland’s Alex Helmick is taking on a mountain one-on-one. He is climbing the Via Ferrata in Andermatt. What he didn’t anticipate was taking on another challenger getting involved … the weather.
Adventure Switzerland: Ziplining through the trees Monday, 18 August, 2008All this week WRS brings you a glimpse at some of the adrenaline-pumping activities you can do around the country in a series called Adventure Switzerland. Today, World Radio Switzerland’s Alex Helmick dons his loin cloth and does his best Tarzan impression as he heads for a forest adventure that will have him swinging and ziplining all over the place.
Adventure Switzerland: Paragliding above mountains Sunday, 17 August, 2008All this week WRS brings you a glimpse at some of the adrenaline-pumping activities you can do around the country. World Radio Switzerland’s Alex Helmick is strapping on harnesses and helmets for his protection and bringing us stories for our enjoyment. We’ll see if he makes it back in one piece. Today, we hear about parapente.