Description
A day-by-day account of Aron Ralston's unforgettable survival story.
On Saturday, 26 April 2003, Aron Ralston, a 27-year-old outdoorsman and adventurer, set off for a day's hike in the Utah canyons. Eight miles from his truck, he found himself in the middle of a deep and remote canyon.
Then the unthinkable happened: a boulder shifted and snared his right arm against the canyon wall. He was trapped, facing dehydration, starvation, hallucinations and hypothermia as night-time temperatures plummeted. Five and a half days later, Aron Ralston finally came to the agonising conclusion that his only hope was to amputate his own arm and get himself to safety. Miraculously, he survived.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place is more than just an adventure story. It is a brave, honest and above all inspiring account of one man's valiant effort to survive, and is destined to take its place among adventure classics such as Touching the Void.
About the Author
Aron Ralston, a native of the Midwest, retired from a career as a mechanical engineer at age twenty-six before moving to Aspen, Colorado. Since his accident, he has completed his unprecedented project to climb the fifty-nine Colorado peaks of more than 14,000 feet, alone, in winter. His first book, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, was a New York Times bestseller and was adapted into the major motion picture 127 Hours by Danny Boyle. Today, as a father of an infant daughter and four-year-old son, Aron lives in Boulder, Colorado. He continues to travel the world for both adventure and to share his story. Follow his journey at AronRalstonSpeaker.com.
Reviews
'As a tale of survival in isolation, this really is one for the books' * Sports Illustrated *
'I was not in any way prepared for the quality of writing, breadth of experience, life philosophy, or ferocity of spirit that I encountered [here] . . . Ralston is seriously hardcore . . . [his] writing is surprisingly fluid; it is more beautiful than Jon Krakauer's' * The New Republic *
'A moving account of strength in the face of adversity . . . truly thrilling'
* Publishers Weekly *
'A riveting drama . . . Could you cut off your own arm if it were the only way to save yourself? Aron Ralston made headlines by doing just that'
* The Washington Post *
Book Information
ISBN 9780743495806
Author Aron Ralston
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Simon & Schuster
Publisher Simon & Schuster
On Saturday, 26 April 2003, Aron Ralston, a 27-year-old outdoorsman and adventurer, set off for a day's hike in the Utah canyons. Eight miles from his truck, he found himself in the middle of a deep and remote canyon.
Then the unthinkable happened: a boulder shifted and snared his right arm against the canyon wall. He was trapped, facing dehydration, starvation, hallucinations and hypothermia as night-time temperatures plummeted. Five and a half days later, Aron Ralston finally came to the agonising conclusion that his only hope was to amputate his own arm and get himself to safety. Miraculously, he survived.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place is more than just an adventure story. It is a brave, honest and above all inspiring account of one man's valiant effort to survive, and is destined to take its place among adventure classics such as Touching the Void.
About the Author
Aron Ralston, a native of the Midwest, retired from a career as a mechanical engineer at age twenty-six before moving to Aspen, Colorado. Since his accident, he has completed his unprecedented project to climb the fifty-nine Colorado peaks of more than 14,000 feet, alone, in winter. His first book, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, was a New York Times bestseller and was adapted into the major motion picture 127 Hours by Danny Boyle. Today, as a father of an infant daughter and four-year-old son, Aron lives in Boulder, Colorado. He continues to travel the world for both adventure and to share his story. Follow his journey at AronRalstonSpeaker.com.
Reviews
'As a tale of survival in isolation, this really is one for the books' * Sports Illustrated *
'I was not in any way prepared for the quality of writing, breadth of experience, life philosophy, or ferocity of spirit that I encountered [here] . . . Ralston is seriously hardcore . . . [his] writing is surprisingly fluid; it is more beautiful than Jon Krakauer's' * The New Republic *
'A moving account of strength in the face of adversity . . . truly thrilling'
* Publishers Weekly *
'A riveting drama . . . Could you cut off your own arm if it were the only way to save yourself? Aron Ralston made headlines by doing just that'
* The Washington Post *
Book Information
ISBN 9780743495806
Author Aron Ralston
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint Simon & Schuster
Publisher Simon & Schuster
