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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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Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Aron Ralston
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- Released
- 2005
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Aron Ralston
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0743495802
- ISBN13
- 9780743495806
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, True Stories, Biographies, Adventure, Family, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Sport & Outdoor, Friendship, USA, America, Sports Biographies, Survival, Search, Accident, Hiking, Outdoor Stay, Disappearance, Struggle for survival, Despair, Colorado
- Original title
- Between a rock and a hard place
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- 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.