Exploration & Journeys
Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69
Edward Whymper
1871
10h 4m
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Edward Whymper's classic account of his daring climbs in the Alps, including the first ascent of the Matterhorn and its tragic descent. He captures the thrill and peril of golden-age mountaineering. A gripping adventure for lovers of the high peaks.
Inside this audiobook
23 chapters
- 1Preface and Chap. I30m
- 2The Ascent of Mont Pelvoux47m
- 3The Mont Cenis Pass and the Fell Railway17m
- 4My First Scramble on the Matterhorn32m
- 5Renewed Attempts to Ascend the Matterhorn58m
- 6The Val Tournanche - The Breuiljoch - Zermatt - Ascent of the Grand Tournalin41m
- 7Our Sixth Attempt to Ascend the Matterhorn21m
- 8From St. Michel on the Mont Cenis Road, by the Col des Aiguilles d'Arve, Col de Martignare, and the Brèche de la Meije, to La Bérarde29m
- 9The Ascent of the Pointe des Ãcrins28m
- 10From Val Louise to La Bérard by the Col de Pilatte20m
- 11Passage of the Col de Triolet, and Ascents of the Mont Dolent, Aiguille de Trélatête, and Aiguille d'Argentière38m
- 12Moming Pass -- Zermatt21m
- 13The Ascent of the Grand Cornier23m
- 14The Ascent of the Dent Blanche14m
- 15Lost on the Col d'Hérens.-- My Seventh Attempt to Ascend the Matterhorn28m
- 16Valley of Aosta, and Ascent of the Grandes Jorasses32m
- 17The Col Dolent14m
- 18Ascent of the Aiguille Verte16m
- 19The Col de Talèfre6m
- 20Ascent of the Ruinette -- The Matterhorn28m
- 21The Ascent of the Matterhorn23m
- 22Descent of the Matterhorn29m
- 23Appendix A -- Appendix B9m
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