Cliff Climbers
Thomas Mayne Reid
62 chapters · 8 h 24 min · English
Read by fiddlesticks, Lynne T, ismailuser55, Rachel, Kenneth Sergeant Gaghan, danielaterry and others
Action & Adventure
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A plant hunter, Karl Linden, and his brother Caspar are on their way to the Himalayas to collect the plants of that region. Many adventures befell the brothers and their guides, all of which led to their being trapped in the mountains. This is a story of their escape from those mountains. (Ann Boulais)
Chapters
1 The Himalayas 10 min 2 A View from Chumulari 10 min 3 The Plant-Hunter and His Companions 8 min 4 Home to the Hut 6 min 5 A Midnight Intruder 9 min 6 A Talk About Elephants 7 min 7 Re-stocking the Guns 6 min 8 Inspecting the Cliffs 6 min 9 A Reconnaissance Interrupted 9 min 10 Ossaroo on the Obelisk 5 min 11 A Wholesale Tumble 8 min 12 A Ring Performance 7 min 13 An Odd Appearance 6 min 14 A Curious Nest 8 min 15 The Hornbill 7 min 16 A Four-Footed Burglar 7 min 17 Fritz Interferes 8 min 18 'Death to the Rogue' 8 min 19 A Home in Ruins 8 min 20 Up a Tree Again! 7 min 21 An Implacable Besieger 6 min 22 Drawing Their Drink 6 min 23 A Gigantic Syringe 5 min 24 Swallowed Wholesale 9 min 25 The Deodar 14 min 26 The Scaling Ladders 8 min 27 An Empty Larder 6 min 28 Going Abroad for Breakfast 7 min 29 Caspar on a Stalk 5 min 30 The Double Decoy 8 min 31 The Signal of the Shikaree 6 min 32 The Ibex 10 min 33 Goats and Sheep 13 min 34 A Battle of Bucks 13 min 35 The Bearcoots 14 min 36 A Hope Built Upon the Bearcoot 9 min 37 The Log on the Leg 12 min 38 Further Experiments 7 min 39 The Eagle's Escape 6 min 40 Fritz and the Falcons 10 min 41 Fritz Offended 5 min 42 A Kite! 8 min 43 The Paper-Tree 10 min 44 Flying the Kite 10 min 45 The Rope-Ladder 10 min 46 Ossaroo Makes a Quick Descent 8 min 47 The Escape of the Kite 9 min 48 No More Paper-Trees! 7 min 49 Aerostatics 12 min 50 The Skin Balloon 10 min 51 Making Ready for the Ascent 9 min 52 Inflation and Failure 5 min 53 Another Spell of Despair 11 min 54 The Bean of Pythagoras 5 min 55 An Aquatic Harvest 7 min 56 The Adjutants 9 min 57 The Standing Sleeps 8 min 58 Fritz Among the Feathers 11 min 59 Capturing the Storks 8 min 60 A Labelled Leg 7 min 61 Mail-Carriers on Wings 5 min 62 Conclusion 6 min
