Mountain Tinder (Swiss Stories 2026, by Gabriel Monnet) - Swiss Press Award
Gabriel Monnet
Patrick and Cathy, both 58 years old, walk to the Wandflue peak, Bernese Alps, above Jaun of the Canton of Fribourg, on August 3, 2025. Cathy Rotzetter and Patrick found each other eight months ago: through a message left on a Swiss mountaintop. Following the brain-child of Thibaud Monney, a 29-year-old avid hiker who started in 2023 as "a joke" placing dedicated "Tinder" notebooks on mountaintops, creating an analogue alternative, with a Swiss twist: "Mountain Tinder". (Photo by GABRIEL MONNET / AFP)
Agence France Presse
Photo / Swiss Stories
2026
Gabriel Monnet
A report for Agence France-Presse features a couple who found love thanks to the "Tinder of the mountains." The concept is simple: several Tinder notebooks are placed at the summits of certain peaks. Hikers looking for love can leave a message with their contact information, hoping that another hiker passing by will write back. That's what happened with this couple.
