Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Aron Ralston

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English

Pocket
04 July 2005

Autobiography: sport; Climbing & mountaineering; Travel & holiday

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.

By: Aron Ralston
Imprint: Pocket
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 284g
ISBN: 9780743495806
ISBN 10: 0743495802
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 04 July 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Between a Rock and a Hard Place

'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 Krakauer’s' * 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 *