Love at new heights: Swiss hiker creates 'Tinder for the mountains'

What if love could be found at the top of a mountain? That’s the creative idea of a young man from Fribourg. During his mountain hikes, he leaves notebooks for single hikers to share their contact details in the hope of meeting a fellow nature lover. Thibaud Monney, 28, is an avid mountain hiker. While he enjoys exploring Alpine landscapes alone, he thinks sharing these moments with someone special would be even better. After trying out dating apps, Thibaud realised they weren’t for him. "There are these algorithms that control everything. I prefer to reach the summit, where there are no algorithms. People are in the mountains because they love it, and that’s how we meet," he told Swiss public television, RTS, on Tuesday. Six summits equipped with notebooks Inspired by this idea, the young man from [canton Fribourg] decided to leave small red notebooks along hiking trails—like a "Tinder for the mountains." So far, he has placed them on six summits around the region of canton ...