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Dressed in a bright pink and white wingsuit, Géraldine Fasnacht makes her way to the edge of the cliff. She stands at the summit of the Malatraix, a mountain in the west of Switzerland, overlooking ...

On Saturday evening, I found myself in a white-out blizzard, driving up steep and curvy West Virginia back roads. Normally, I would have admitted defeat and turned back. But I kept going, propelled up ...

The sampler plate at the Hütte Restaurant included parsley potatoes, sauerkraut, bratwurst, green beans, curried chicken, bread and a chunk of Swiss cheese. (Left) Warm light spills from the Helvetia ...

On Saturday evening, I found myself in a white-out blizzard, driving up steep and curvy West Virginia back roads. Normally, I would have admitted defeat and turned back. But I kept going, propelled up ...