Switzerland

The Alps aren't just for postcard hikes — this is glacier ice, 500m suspension bridges, and guided lines up the most famous horn in mountaineering.

3 Air & Jumps lines

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BASE Jumping · Lauterbrunnen, Bernese Oberland

BASE jumping, Lauterbrunnen Valley

INSANERisk: EXTREMEFree

The closest thing the sport has to a spiritual home — a cluster of legal cliff exits ringing a single glacial valley, used by BASE jumpers worldwide for training and filming. It's also one of the deadliest corners of extreme sport tourism, with a long list of fatalities; local rules require jumpers to register exits and carry real BASE experience, not show up as novices.

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Paragliding · Mürren, Bernese Oberland

Paragliding & speed flying off the Schilthorn

ADVANCEDRisk: HIGHCHF Tandem ~200–250; solo s…

Launch from just below the revolving Piz Gloria restaurant (of Bond film fame) and fly out over the Lauterbrunnen valley with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau on the skyline. Tandem flights are commercial and low-risk; solo speed-flying the couloirs below the peak is a different, genuinely dangerous sport reserved for experienced pilots.

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Extreme Jump · Contra Dam, Ticino

Verzasca Dam bungee jump

ADVANCEDRisk: HIGHCHF 195–255 (youth–adult)

A 220m free-fall off the Contra Dam wall, made famous as the opening stunt in GoldenEye. Still one of the highest bungee jumps in the world and run commercially with a strong safety record, though the fall itself is longer and faster than almost anything else you'll do standing on a platform.

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