Back in the 1920’s most winter visitors to the Alps were British. A skier’s scope was limited by his ability to walk uphill, rather than how well he came down. Wengen, however, was unique in having a cog railway from Lauterbrunnen to Kleine Scheidegg. Consequently a breed of skier developed who enjoyed the downhill run, without climbing the mountains first.

Across the valley in Murren, British skiers had just formed the Kandahar Ski Club, and within twelve months they challenged the visitors in Wengen to a series of races. On race day the Kandahar’s resplendent "K’’ badges were countered in the lunch interval by some hastily contrived paper badges bearing the letters DHO, thus preserving for posterity the Wengen skiers preference for ascending the mountains by rail and skiing "downhill only".

The Club played an important part in the development of skiing and many DHO names are to be found on the results lists of pre-war international skiing competitions.