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October 14th, 2005

Ice Climbing: Swiss Alps Style

They’ve been BASE jumping and done some pretty extreme tobagganing, now Wally & Osbourne are going ice climbing. I get a kick out of seeing Wally in the Swiss outfit. You got a polar bear in Antarctica, wearing an outfit associated with the Swiss Alps. What a mixture of frozen places. What’s also interesting, ironic, what have you… the capital of Switzerland is Bern, named after a bear, and Switzerland is a place with no bears. It was named by its medieval founder, who’s first animal he killed there was a bear. Apparently this tradition continued until there were no more bears in Switzerland by 1904. Strangely, last July there were unconfirmed reports of a brown bear spotted in the Alps. Nature has its way of recovering, conservationists and the Swiss government would be happy for bears to return but the shepherds are a little less eager of the possibility.

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16 Responses to “Ice Climbing: Swiss Alps Style”

  1. Mat

    In fact the reports about brown bears have been confirmed. Austria has a few bears living here now, and Switzerland as well; Sometimes migrating into our territories :)

  2. HER

    Love Wally’s outfit! My ribs hurt too! :-)

  3. you-dont-know-me

    where did wally get the clothes?
    anyway who cares it looks funny on him :-)

  4. bobo

    wally in outfit that should be a wallpaper.

  5. axis

    bwahahaah!

  6. wally65

    Cute

  7. Jonah

    Wally can get anything he wants. From chocolate to equipment.

  8. Jenni

    HAHAHAH……

    Bwahahahahhahahahhaha I Love That Laugh!

  9. I AM SO BORED!

    what am i doing?

  10. 1 fan

    muhaaaaaahahhahahahhahahahahahhahhahahahahahhahahahahahah

  11. Poppy

    Well… it has come back I have seen it in a future comic yes there is movie wallpaper

  12. Poppy

    In the next comic with the suit in he’ll look EVIL!!!… :evil: :cool:

  13. C&H

    That’s not actually a Swiss outfit, it’s Bavarian. Read “German”.

  14. ukelele

    It’s Bavarian? :shock: Where in the world did he get it? :?:

  15. Guy

    I am swiss and I can confirm that Wally’s dress is definitively bavarian!

  16. ukelele

    oohhhhkayyyy……………







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