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 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 including German, Italian, French and English. On the ground floor is the reception and lending area and the main hall of the library. This has a periodicals corner complete with audio stations to view or listen to other forms of media such as periodicals and newspapers,