But for the longest sled run in the Alps -- and, reputedly, the world -- head to the Jungfrau region of Switzerland and the touristy town of Grindelwald to hurl yourself 15km down the Big Pintenfritz.

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It's rough down in the trenches, where linemen weighing more than three-hundred pounds hurl themselves at one another in brutal hand-to-hand combat, but it is nothing compared to the pain I kept buried inside so I could play out my dream.

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