Maybe you heard the Swiss TV commentator speaking of the tough climb in the 5th stage of the Tour de Suisse bicycle race earlier this year. Up the mountain from the Rhone Valley to the Alpine resort of Leukerbad, the stage took around 100 riders through the old centre of Erschmatt in Switzerland’s Canton of Valais … Continue reading Swiss Journeys: Erschmatt’s Scientific Catcher in the Rye