Between a Rock and a Hard Place

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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.

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 Krakauers' * 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 *

Author Bio

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, Aronlives in Boulder, Colorado.He continues totravel the world for both adventure andto share his story.Follow his journey at AronRalstonSpeaker.com.