Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Softcover

Ralston, Aron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743495802 ISBN 13: 9780743495806

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK, 2005

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

Ralston manages to keep the tension flowing throughout . . . with an exactness that gives his book the emotional pull of a psychological thriller’ -- Mail on Sunday

‘An amazing feat of superhuman endurance . . . Gripping’ -- Daily Express

‘Heroic, searing and compelling’ -- BENEDICT ALLEN

‘Riveting . . . If you read only one adventure book this year, this is it’ -- The Great Outdoors

‘Superb . . . think Touching the Void directed by Tarantino’ -- New Statesman

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743495802
• ISBN 13: 9780743495806
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368