Cresta Critical Radio Communications

Riding the famous Cresta Run in St Moritz is not where you would expect to find critical radio communications.

When you wait your turn to be called to the start box over the tannoy you have time to think about of speeds reaching 70 to 80 mph down an ice run on a skeleton toboggan head first 9 inches above the ice!Your name is called, you haul your 37kg toboggan to the area marked with a blue line and a wooden barrier in front.

Over the Motorola radio the arbeiter will call your name to Tower. The man before has disappeared down the run, You put your toboggan down and wait for a call over the radio of, "Run clear". Immediately you will hear a bell ding, the arbeiter lifts the barrier and you are ready to launch yourself down the run towards Shuttlecock corner and the end some 1,200 yards away.

Part 2 coming soon....