A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Traber Burns (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.8 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Traber Burns
Traber Burns narrates 232 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,134 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
903 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond is an audiobook by Jim Whittaker: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Traber Burns, released September 25, 2018, on the History & Culture shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Traber Burns
- Released
- September 25, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture
- ISBN
- 9781982591595
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond as an audiobook?
A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond?
A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond is narrated by Traber Burns.