Mountain Adventures in the Various Countries of the World

by John Timbs

29 chapters8h 14mEnglish1869

About this book

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

Chapters (29)

1Mont Blanc

1200

2Mont Blanc

1591

3The Finsteraarhorn

1856

4The Peak of Morteratsch

652

5The Jungfrau

2381

6The Galenstock

1175

7The Matterhorn

1181

8The Pic du Midi of the Pyrenees

432

9The Breche de Roland

1087

10Mont Perdu

1649

11North Cape

926

12The Brocken

878

13Parnassus

864

14Mount Athos

405

15Mount Elburz in the Caucasus

556

16The Taurus Mountains of Cilicia

1052

17Mount Lebanon

1266

18Mount Ararat

734

19Mount Sinai

920

20Gungootree, the Sacred Source of the Ganges

885

21Adam's Peak, Ceylon

749

22Ascent of the Gunung-Talang, Sumatra

459

23Peter Botte, Mauritius

1109

24The Peak of Teneriffe

913

25Discovery of an Ancient Volcano

774

26The Silla of Caracas

894

27Chimborazo

1690

28Discovery of Peruvian Bark

677

29Animal Life in Mountain Regions

738

Mountain Adventures in the Various Countries of the World

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Chapters (29)

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