false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172348398m/166562.jpg 166562 10 <P> One of the most extraordinary survival stories ever told -- Aron Ralston's searing account of his six days trapped in one of the most remote spots in America, and how one inspired act of bravery brought him home. <P> It started out as a simple hike in the Utah canyonlands on a warm Saturday afternoon. For Aron Ralston, a twenty-seven-year-old mountaineer and outdoorsman, a walk into the remote Blue John Canyon was a chance to get a break from a winter of solo climbing Colorado's highest and toughest peaks. He'd earned this weekend vacation, and though he met two charming women along the way, by early afternoon he finally found himself in his element: alone, with just the beauty of the natural world all around him. <P> It was 2:41 P.M. Eight miles from his truck, in a deep and narrow slot canyon, Aron was climbing down off a wedged boulder when the rock suddenly, and terrifyingly, came loose. Before he could get out of the way, the falling stone pinned his right hand and wrist against the canyon wall. <P> And so began six days of hell for Aron Ralston. With scant water and little food, no jacket for the painfully cold nights, and the terrible knowledge that he'd told no one where he was headed, he found himself facing a lingering death -- trapped by an 800-pound boulder 100 feet down in the bottom of a canyon. As he eliminated his escape options one by one through the days, Aron faced the full horror of his predicament: By the time any possible search and rescue effort would begin, he'd most probably have died of dehydration, if a flash flood didn't drown him before that. <P> What does one do in the face of almost certain death? Using the video camera from his pack, Aron began recording his grateful good-byes to his family and friends all over the country, thinking back over a life filled with adventure, and documenting a last will and testament with the hope that someone would find it. (For their part, his family and friends had instigated a major search for Aron, the amazing details of which are also documented here for the first time.) The knowledge of their love kept Aron Ralston alive, until a divine inspiration on Thursday morning solved the riddle of the boulder. Aron then committed the most extreme act imaginable to save himself. <P> <I>Between a Rock and a Hard Place</I> -- a brilliantly written, funny, honest, inspiring, and downright astonishing report from the line where death meets life -- will surely take its place in the annals of classic adventure stories. 160844 2004 Between a Rock and a Hard Place total:956|5:220|4:355|3:267|2:88|1:26| 956 3523 1243 268 2 4 false false Tue Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 10:37:43 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 09 11:15:33 -0700 2008 Between a Rock and a Hard Place is Ralston's account of his ordeal pinned to a canyon wall by a half-ton chockstone in Blue John Canyon. He alternates between chapters telling of the delirium of those fi...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 18:49:39 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 17:11:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 04 13:46:55 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 13:47:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false true Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 21:28:17 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 22:19:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Dec 10 12:09:40 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 12:10:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Sep 13 15:55:55 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 16:03:55 -0700 2009
Interestingly, this was not Ralston's first self-inflicted near-death experience in the wilderness. He chronicles times where he almost drowns,...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 20:14:15 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 14:25:41 -0700 2009 I wanted to reveal to myself who I was: the kind of person who died, or the kind of person who overcame circumstances to help himself and others.

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