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Mountain Adventures in the Various Countries of the World

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Mountains have always been fascinating as places of special adventure. This book. first published in 1869, collects true stories of real-life adventurers climbing the world's most famous and most challenging mountains, without modern equipment to support them. Read here about the fate of these adventurers, their successes and failures, challenges and - Summary by Carolin (8 hr 14 min)

Chapters

Mont Blanc

20:00

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan

Mont Blanc

26:31

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan

The Finsteraarhorn

30:56

Read by Deborah Balm

The Peak of Morteratsch

10:52

Read by Deborah Balm

The Jungfrau

39:41

Read by Deborah Balm

The Galenstock

19:35

Read by Deborah Balm

The Matterhorn

19:41

Read by BettyB

The Pic du Midi of the Pyrenees

7:12

Read by BettyB

The Breche de Roland

18:07

Read by Caprifolium

Mont Perdu

27:29

Read by ToddHW

North Cape

15:26

Read by Kathrine Engan

The Brocken

14:38

Read by Availle

Parnassus

14:24

Read by BettyB

Mount Athos

6:45

Read by Leni

Mount Elburz in the Caucasus

9:16

Read by Phil Schempf

The Taurus Mountains of Cilicia

17:32

Read by BettyB

Mount Lebanon

21:06

Read by Kristine Bekere

Mount Ararat

12:14

Read by BettyB

Mount Sinai

15:20

Read by BettyB

Gungootree, the Sacred Source of the Ganges

14:45

Read by BettyB

Adam's Peak, Ceylon

12:29

Read by BettyB

Ascent of the Gunung-Talang, Sumatra

7:39

Read by BettyB

Peter Botte, Mauritius

18:29

Read by Kristine Bekere

The Peak of Teneriffe

15:13

Read by Phoebe Archbell

Discovery of an Ancient Volcano

12:54

Read by TriciaG

The Silla of Caracas

14:54

Read by TriciaG

Chimborazo

28:10

Read by mparker

Discovery of Peruvian Bark

11:17

Read by ToddHW

Animal Life in Mountain Regions

12:18

Read by BettyB