Lauterbrunnen
Glacial valley of sheer limestone cliffs and waterfalls, a world magnet for BASE jumpers.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Lauterbrunnen, in the valley south of Interlaken, follows Xaver Bongard, a Swiss alpinist and ice-climbing pioneer who learned a strange new sport in Yosemite and carried it home to the cliffs beside the Staubbach waterfall in the early nineteen nineties. It also touches the locals and farmers whose meadows became landing fields. Best heard on the valley floor with the falls in view.
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