Between A Rock And A Hard Place

On Saturday 26 April 2003 Aron Ralston a 27yearold outdoorsman andadventurer set off for a days hike in the Utah canyons. Eight miles from histruck he found him... » 

On Saturday 26 April 2003 Aron Ralston a 27yearold outdoorsman andadventurer set off for a days hike in the Utah canyons. Eight miles from histruck he found himself in the middle of a deep and remote canyon. Then theunthinkable happened a boulder shifted and snared his right arm against thecanyon wall. He was trapped facing dehydration starvation hallucinations andhypothermia as nighttime temperatures plummeted. Five and a half days laterAron Ralston finally came to the agonising conclusion that his only hope was toamputate 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 abrave honest and above all inspiring account of one mans valiant effort tosurvive and is destined to take its place among adventure classics such asTOUCHING THE VOID. «