https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A proposal to ban base jumping in the Bernese Highlands has drawn criticism, with locals countering claims that the extreme sport is dangerous. https://www.thelocal.ch/20191004/villages-across-swiss-alps-set-to-fight-proposed-base-jumping-ban Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:20:40 +0200 villages-across-swiss-alps-set-to-fight-proposed-base-jumping-ban America's Johnny Strange has died in the Swiss Alps while attempting a wingsuit jump, the latest casualty in what is regarded as one the most dangerous extreme sports. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151002/us-daredevil-dies-in-swiss-base-jump Fri, 02 Oct 2015 17:19:01 +0200 us-daredevil-dies-in-swiss-base-jump A 39-year-old American man died on Thursday in a base jumping accident in the Bernese Oberland, police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150911/american-base-jumper-dies-in-bernese-oberland Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:49:19 +0200 american-base-jumper-dies-in-bernese-oberland A 46-year-old Italian plunged to his death in the Bernese Alps Thursday after crashing onto rocks during a base jump, the latest in a series of such accidents in Switzerland in the past year, police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150828/italian-base-jumper-dies-in-swiss-alps-2 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:38:26 +0200 italian-base-jumper-dies-in-swiss-alps-2 A man in his 70s died in a wingsuit diving accident in the canton of Vaud on Wednesday, police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150430/senior-dies-in-wingsuit-flying-accident Thu, 30 Apr 2015 10:30:35 +0200 senior-dies-in-wingsuit-flying-accident Rega emergency rescue officials on Sunday recovered the body of an American base jumper who died after leaping from a mountain near Les Diablerets in the canton of Vaud. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141006/re Mon, 06 Oct 2014 11:27:00 +0200 re A 26-year-old Russian is the latest wingsuit flyer to die in the Swiss Alps, Valais cantonal police said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140924/russian-wingsuit-flyer-plunges-to-death Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:58:00 +0200 russian-wingsuit-flyer-plunges-to-death A 35-year-old Chilean man died following a base jumping accident in the Bernese Oberland, police said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140921/chilean-base-jumper-dies-in-bernese-oberland Sun, 21 Sep 2014 22:55:00 +0200 chilean-base-jumper-dies-in-bernese-oberland A 39-year-old Mexican wingsuit flyer is dead following an accident in the canton of Saint Gallen, cantonal police said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140915/mexican-wingsuit-flyer-dies-in-saint-gallen Mon, 15 Sep 2014 13:51:00 +0200 mexican-wingsuit-flyer-dies-in-saint-gallen A French base-jumper died near Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland on Wednesday afternoon after crash-landing into a tree, Bern cantonal police confirmed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140829/frenchman-becomes-latest-base-jumping-fatality Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:34:00 +0200 frenchman-becomes-latest-base-jumping-fatality Two people — including one Swiss man — were killed while base jumping in France on Wednesday in separate incidents that both appeared to have been caused by parachute failure. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140806/swiss-man-killed-in-base-jumping-mishap Thu, 07 Aug 2014 00:54:59 +0200 swiss-man-killed-in-base-jumping-mishap The body of a wingsuit flyer has been recovered almost four months after the 33-year-old man crashed on a glacier before being swept away by an avalanche in the Valais Alps, cantonal police said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140617/body-of-wingsuit-flyer-recovered-from-glacier Tue, 17 Jun 2014 23:48:00 +0200 body-of-wingsuit-flyer-recovered-from-glacier American wingsuit flier Brian Drake has died after being seriously injured in an accident in the Bernese Oberland that claimed the lives of a New Zealander and a Frenchman last weekend, police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140403/us-wingsuit-flyer-dies-after-weekend-accident-2 Thu, 03 Apr 2014 17:42:00 +0200 us-wingsuit-flyer-dies-after-weekend-accident-2 An investigation is continuing into the death of a 35-year-old Swiss woman who slammed into a cliff on Sunday while base jumping in the Bernese Oberland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140331/another-base-jumper-dies-in-the-bernese-oberland-2 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:46:00 +0200 another-base-jumper-dies-in-the-bernese-oberland-2 Two wingsuit flyers from France and New Zealand died in Switzerland and a third was seriously injured after they crashed into an Alpine pasture, police said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140330/two-wingsuit-divers-die-after-bern-alps-crash Sun, 30 Mar 2014 18:01:00 +0200 two-wingsuit-divers-die-after-bern-alps-crash A Swiss base jumper set a world record by plunging from a 4,060-metre high peak on the Jungfrau mountain in the Bernese Alps and landing in a valley far below, local media reported this week. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130828/base-jumper-make-record-leap-off-jungfrau Thu, 29 Aug 2013 00:56:00 +0200 base-jumper-make-record-leap-off-jungfrau A base jumper who died on Friday in Lauterbrunnen in the canton of Bern was identified on the weekend as a Spanish adventurer and TV personality who had a relationship with Princess Cristina, the youngest daughter of Spain’s King Juan Carlos. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130825/dead-base-jumper-was-spanish-celeb-report Sun, 25 Aug 2013 22:40:00 +0200 dead-base-jumper-was-spanish-celeb-report This week's death in Switzerland of a British stuntman who thrilled spectators by parachuting into the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremonies as James Bond has left the extreme sports community reeling. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130815/james-bond-stuntmans-swiss-death-jolts-wing-divers Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:12:00 +0200 james-bond-stuntmans-swiss-death-jolts-wing-divers A 42-year-old British skydiver famous for performing a James Bond stunt at the London Olympics died on Wednesday while wingsuit flying in the Trient region of the canton of Valais in the Swiss Alps. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130814/british-wingsuit-flyer-dies-in-swiss-alps Wed, 14 Aug 2013 23:15:00 +0200 british-wingsuit-flyer-dies-in-swiss-alps A proposal to create Europe’s highest bungee jumping attraction in the Bernese Oberland is facing opposition from locals already concerned about the high number of fatalities from base jumping. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130723/swiss-plan-europes-highest-bungee-jumping-platform Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:12:00 +0200 swiss-plan-europes-highest-bungee-jumping-platform