Between a rock and a hard place

Description:

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: Open Library Staff Picks,  Rock climbing accidents,  Mountaineers,  Wilderness survival,  Amputees,  Survival,  Biography,  Mountaineering,  Rock climbing,  Mountaineering accidents,  Desert survival,  Description and travel,  Travel,  Alpinister,  Alpinism,  Olyckor,  Hiking injuries,  Courage,  Mountain Climbing,  nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2010-12-12,  New York Times bestseller,  Accidents and injuries,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  Bergunfall,  Überleben,  Escalamiento,  Alpinistas,  Rocas,  Supervivencia fuera de la civilización

People: Aron Ralston

Places: Utah,  Bluejohn Canyon,  United States,  Canyonlands National Park