Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Aron Ralston

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

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Buch | Softcover
368 Seiten
2005
Simon & Schuster (Verlag)
978-0-7434-9580-6 (ISBN)
13,70 inkl. MwSt
The unforgettable survival story of the year -- the astonishing, day-by-day account of Aron Ralston's terrible accident, self-amputation, rescue and recovery.
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.

Aron Ralston, a native of the Midwest, retired from a career as a mechanical engineer at age twenty-six before moving to Aspen, Colorado. Since his accident, he has completed his unprecedented project to climb the fifty-nine Colorado peaks of more than 14,000 feet, alone, in winter. His first book, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, was a New York Times bestseller and was adapted into the major motion picture 127 Hours by Danny Boyle. Today, as a father of an infant daughter and four-year-old son, Aron lives in Boulder, Colorado. He continues to travel the world for both adventure and to share his story. Follow his journey at AronRalstonSpeaker.com.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 6.6.2005
Zusatzinfo 16pp colour plates
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 130 x 198 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Sport
Schlagworte Canyon; Berichte/Erinnerungen • Englisch; Biografien/Erinnerungen • Überleben; Berichte/Erinnerungen
ISBN-10 0-7434-9580-2 / 0743495802
ISBN-13 978-0-7434-9580-6 / 9780743495806
Zustand Neuware
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