WENGEN, Switzerland - Rainer Schoenfelder lost a bet Wednesday, and paid for it by skiing nude down the Lauberhorn.
The 29-year-old Austrian skier, who hurt his neck and back in a crash last week, lost a bet with his physiotherapist, who had been treating his injuries. Schoenfelder had vowed to ski naked if his pains had lessened by Wednesday morning.
Schoenfelder skied wearing only yellow boots and an orange helmet and gloves, and a photographer snapped a shot of the skier that has been circulated on the Internet.
Unbelievable as it seems, I have not yet seen these pictures.
“Somehow I didn’t notice the photographer,” Schoenfelder said. “It was an internal bet and of course the whole thing wasn’t planned for the public.
Schoenfelder had been in pain since his crash in Adelboden last week. After little success treating the pain, his physio performed a “special” treatment on Tuesday and Schoenfelder said he woke up the following morning without pain for the first time since an accident in Turracher Hoehe, Austria, a day before the World Cup races in Adelboden.
Special treatment?
A search of Rainier Schoefelder does not bring up the above-named pics, and I'm afraid of what adding "nude" or "naked" will produce.
Link but no pics.
