Project Gutenberg 2007-04-27 Public domain in the USA. 173 Reid, Mayne 1818 1883 Mayne-Reid, Captain Reid, Thomas Mayne The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "The Cliff Climbers" by Captain Mayne Reid is a novel written in the mid-19th century. This adventure story follows two young brothers, Karl and Caspar Linden, along with their Indian guide, Ossaroo, as they explore the treacherous landscapes of the Himalayas in search of rare plants. As they ascend into a captivating yet challenging valley, they quickly find themselves trapped, presenting obstacles that demand both clever ingenuity and survival skills. The opening portion of the book establishes the setting in the majestic Himalayas and introduces the main characters. We learn that the brothers, accompanied by their guide, have entered a stunning but perilous valley surrounded by sheer cliffs. Their initial attempts to escape the valley prove unsuccessful, as every clever solution leads to new complications. The opening scenes depict the brothers’ mixture of wonder at their surroundings and growing anxiety over their predicament, foreshadowing the challenges they will face as they attempt to devise a plan to escape their natural prison. As they wrestle with both the beauty of the landscape and the dangers it conceals, readers are invited to engage with the characters’ blend of curiosity and apprehension. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Brothers -- Juvenile fiction Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Survival skills -- Juvenile fiction Hunting -- Juvenile fiction Botanists -- Juvenile fiction East Indians -- Juvenile fiction Himalaya Mountains -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Category: Adventure Category: Novels 474815 2025-08-09T05:10:29.092506 text/html 479208 2007-04-27T14:31:16 text/html 285842 2025-08-09T05:10:36.713485 application/epub+zip 293141 2025-08-09T05:10:31.392505 application/epub+zip 244549 2025-08-09T05:10:30.144466 application/epub+zip 483525 2025-08-09T05:10:40.653433 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 468422 2025-08-09T05:10:35.875487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 410760 2022-09-10T06:20:56.593821 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 454918 2025-08-09T05:10:28.510527 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 454835 2007-04-27T14:31:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20176 2025-08-09T05:10:40.779421 application/rdf+xml 11822 2025-08-09T05:10:30.637479 image/jpeg 3259 2025-08-09T05:10:30.391479 image/jpeg 212933 2007-04-27T14:31:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 169130 2007-04-27T14:31:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 273636 2025-08-09T05:10:29.131489 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia