Caspar Badrutt some Englishmen adapted a type of delivery sled for daring dashes down twisting narrow streets of St. Moritz. Subsequently, other tourists wanted a Victorian ride, and larger steerable devices were contrived: the early luge/skeleton individual sleds, and the bobsleigh (or bobsled). Careening around the town's streets became increasingly popular, but the incidence and frequency of pedestrian collisions and risk to life grew proportionately. Therefore, Badrutt stepped in and created the first purpose-built half-pipe track, now familiar from the Winter Olympic Games. This track later became the model for the Cresta Run skeleton racing track, built in 1884. Caspar Badrutt Swiss
St. Moritz Library CDs, tapes and maps. Left of the main entrance is the children's library and at the rear are two quiet reading rooms for children and adult visitors. The larger adult reading room is often hired for lectures and seminars held in the town for various events. St. Moritz Library Bibliothek St. Moritz (in English St. Moritz Library) is a library in St. Moritz in Switzerland. It is divided into a "Leihbibliothek" and a "Dokumentationsbibliothek". Located inside the old school building dominating the Plazza da Scoula in the town the library possesses over 7000 books written in a number of languages