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Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860–69

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  1. 01 - Preface and Chap. I

    30:21

  2. 02 - The Ascent of Mont Pelvoux

    47:18

  3. 03 - The Mont Cenis Pass and the Fell Railway

    17:08

  4. 04 - My First Scramble on the Matterhorn

    32:11

  5. 05 - Renewed Attempts to Ascend the Matterhorn

    58:21

  6. 06 - The Val Tournanche - The Breuiljoch - Zermatt - Ascent of the Grand Tournalin

    40:48

  7. 07 - Our Sixth Attempt to Ascend the Matterhorn

    20:52

  8. 08 - From 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 Bérarde

    29:18

  9. 09 - The Ascent of the Pointe des Écrins

    27:46

  10. 10 - From Val Louise to La Bérard by the Col de Pilatte

    19:43

  11. 11 - Passage of the Col de Triolet, and Ascents of the Mont Dolent, Aiguille de Trélatête, and Aiguille d'Argentière

    37:57

  12. 12 - Moming Pass -- Zermatt

    21:19

  13. 13 - The Ascent of the Grand Cornier

    23:08

  14. 14 - The Ascent of the Dent Blanche

    13:32

  15. 15 - Lost on the Col d'Hérens.-- My Seventh Attempt to Ascend the Matterhorn

    27:47

  16. 16 - Valley of Aosta, and Ascent of the Grandes Jorasses

    31:34

  17. 17 - The Col Dolent

    13:48

  18. 18 - Ascent of the Aiguille Verte

    16:11

  19. 19 - The Col de Talèfre

    6:19

  20. 20 - Ascent of the Runette -- The Matterhorn

    27:54

  21. 21 - The Ascent of the Matterhorn

    22:49

  22. 22 - Descent of the Matterhorn

    29:11

  23. 23 - Appendix A -- Appendix B

    8:41

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Edward Whymper's account of his climbing campaigns in the Alps between 1860 and 1869 is one of the founding books of mountaineering literature. Much of it drives toward a single day: 14 July 1865, when Whymper and his companions made the first ascent of the Matterhorn, only for four of the party to fall to their deaths on the descent when a rope broke. Whymper writes with a surveyor's eye and a storyteller's nerve about glaciers, ridges, storms, and near misses, and he illustrated the book himself with sharp wood engravings. It remains a gripping firsthand record of the golden age of Alpine climbing and its costs.

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Edward Whymper

Edward Whymper (1840-1911) was an English mountaineer, wood engraver, and explorer best known for leading the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. He later climbed in Greenland and the Andes, and wrote several vivid, self-illustrated books about his expeditions.

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First published
1871
Reading time
About 10 hours
Pages
475
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)