Ascent: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Ascent audiobook runs 15.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Gordon Griffin (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 15.7 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gordon Griffin
Gordon Griffin narrates 202 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,210 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
304 Memoirs 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
Ascent is an audiobook by Chris Bonington: a 15.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Gordon Griffin, released November 9, 2017, on the History & Culture and Memoirs shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gordon Griffin
- Released
- November 9, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Memoirs, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781471159862
How to listen to Ascent free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Ascent audiobook?
Ascent runs 15.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.
Is the Ascent audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Ascent?
Ascent is narrated by Gordon Griffin.
Is Ascent worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.2 hours.