Between a Rock and a Hard Place

About this book

Hiking into the remote Utah canyonlands, Aron Ralston felt perfectly at home in the beautiful 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 options 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.

Subjects

accidents and injuries

alpinism

alpinistas

alpinister

amputees

bergunfall

biography

courage

description and travel

desert survival

escalamiento

hiking injuries

mountain climbing

mountaineering

mountaineering accidents

mountaineers

new york times bestseller

nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2010-12-12

olyckor

open library staff picks

reading level-grade 11

reading level-grade 12

rocas

rock climbing

rock climbing accidents

supervivencia fuera de la civilización

survival

travel

überleben

wilderness survival