One of the most extraordinary survival stories ever told -- Aron
Ralston's searing account of his six days trapped in one of the
most remote spots in America, and how one inspired act of bravery
brought him home.
It started out as a simple hike in the Utah canyonlands on a
warm Saturday afternoon. For Aron Ralston, a twenty-seven-year-old
mountaineer and outdoorsman, a walk into the remote Blue John
Canyon was a chance to get a break from a winter of solo climbing
Colorado's highest and toughest peaks. He'd earned this weekend
vacation, and though he met two charming women along the way, by
early afternoon he finally found himself in his element: alone,
with just the beauty of the natural world all around him.
It was 2:41 P.M. Eight miles from his truck, in a deep and
narrow slot canyon, Aron was climbing down off a wedged boulder
when the rock suddenly, and terrifyingly, came loose. Before he
could get out of the way, the falling stone pinned his right hand
and wrist against the canyon wall.
And so began six days of hell for Aron Ralston. With scant water
and little food, no jacket for the painfully cold nights, and the
terrible knowledge that he'd told no one where he was headed, he
found himself facing a lingering death -- trapped by an 800-pound
boulder 100 feet down in the bottom of a canyon. As he eliminated
his escape options one by one through the days, Aron faced the full
horror of his predicament: By the time any possible search and
rescue effort would begin, he'd most probably have died of
dehydration, if a flash flood didn't drown him before that.
What does one do in the face of almost certain death? Using the
video camera from his pack, Aron began recording his grateful
good-byes to his family and friends all over the country, thinking
back over a life filled with adventure, and documenting a last will
and testament with the hope that someone would find it. (For their
part, his family and friends had instigated a major search for
Aron, the amazing details of which are also documented here for the
first time.) The knowledge of their love kept Aron Ralston alive,
until a divine inspiration on Thursday morning solved the riddle of
the boulder. Aron then committed the most extreme act imaginable to
save himself.
"Between a Rock and a Hard Place" -- a brilliantly written,
funny, honest, inspiring, and downright astonishing report from the
line where death meets life -- will surely take its place in the
annals of classic adventure stories.
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