Mountain Adventures in the Various Countries of the World
John Timbs
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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 |