Originally Posted by Francois Cellier
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Sorry if this thread came across as a piece of trivial pursuit. It wasn't meant to be. Winter sports is an important facet of Swiss culture. About 80% of all Swiss children ski, and many of those receive their first tiny pair of skis when they are about a year old. They learn to ski before they fully know how to walk. It's not by accident that Switzerland almost always ranks among the top nations in the winter Olympics.
One of our seven Federal Councilors is Minister of Sport (and the military). It is a federal mandate here in Switzerland that all communities must maintain hiking paths for the public, and these hiking paths are highly popular with the people. Maybe most famous among them is the Path of Switzerland, a hiking path leading all around Lake Uri, the upper-most part of the Four-Canton Lake, which in English is usually referred to as Lake Lucerne.
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Sorry if my comment seemed to disrespect the serious pursuits....
It would be a crime against humanity if Switzerland, located where it is, did not avidly pursue outdoor sports, and make hiking the National Passtime.
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