Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Travel & Geography, Memoirs, Sports & Recreation

Authors: Edward Whymper In Year : 1871

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69

01 - Preface and Chap. I
02 - The Ascent of Mont Pelvoux
03 - The Mont Cenis Pass and the Fell Railway
04 - My First Scramble on the Matterhorn
05 - Renewed Attempts to Ascend the Matterhorn
06 - The Val Tournanche - The Breuiljoch - Zermatt - Ascent of the Grand Tournalin
07 - Our Sixth Attempt to Ascend the Matterhorn
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
09 - The Ascent of the Pointe des Écrins
10 - From Val Louise to La Bérard by the Col de Pilatte
11 - Passage of the Col de Triolet, and Ascents of the Mont Dolent, Aiguille de Trélatête, and Aiguille d'Argentière
12 - Moming Pass -- Zermatt
13 - The Ascent of the Grand Cornier
14 - The Ascent of the Dent Blanche
15 - Lost on the Col d'Hérens.-- My Seventh Attempt to Ascend the Matterhorn
16 - Valley of Aosta, and Ascent of the Grandes Jorasses
17 - The Col Dolent
18 - Ascent of the Aiguille Verte
19 - The Col de Talèfre
20 - Ascent of the Runette -- The Matterhorn
21 - The Ascent of the Matterhorn
22 - Descent of the Matterhorn
23 - Appendix A -- Appendix B

Scrambles Amongst the Alps is one the great classics (some would say the greatest) of early mountaineering literature, and Edward Whymper (1840-1911) one of the leading figures of the early years of Alpine climbing. He is best known, of course, for his many attempts on the Matterhorn, and for the loss of four members of his climbing party after the successful first ascent of the peak in July, 1865. Although the Matterhorn stands in ways in the center of his book, there are descriptions of many other ascents as well, in the Alps of France and Italy, as well as those of Switzerland. His book, incidentally, has many of his drawings in it (he was originally an illustrator by profession), and listeners might wish to call up the .pdf file from which it is read, to have the benefit of the illustrations. (Introduction by Nicholas Clifford)