127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Softcover

Ralston, Aron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451618506 ISBN 13: 9781451618501

Publisher: Atria Books, 2010

Synopsis

The international bestseller Between a Rock and a Hard Place is now a major motion picture starring James Franco.

Hiking into the remote Utah canyonlands, Aron Ralston felt perfectly at home in the beauty of the natural world. Then, at 2:41 P.M., eight miles from his truck, in a deep and narrow slot canyon, an eight-hundred-pound boulder tumbled loose, pinning Aron's right hand and wrist against the canyon wall. Through six days of hell, with scant water, food, or warm clothing, and the terrible knowledge that no one knew where he was, Aron eliminated his escape option one by one. Then a moment of stark clarity helped him to solve the riddle of the boulder--and commit one of the most extreme and desperate acts imaginable.

Honest, inspiring, and undeniably astonishing, 127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place has taken its place in the annals of classic adventure stories.

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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 grew up in the Midwest before moving to Colorado when he was twelve, where he became an avid climber, canoeist and skier. He gave up a career as a mechanical engineer in 2002 to return to the mountains. Ralston has climbed over 100 Colorado peaks of more than 13,000 feet, and since his accident has gone back to climbing to continue his life of adventure and discovery.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atria Books
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1451618506
• ISBN 13: 9781451618501
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 354