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BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
Author: Aron Ralston
Binding: Hardcover, 354 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (2004)
ISBN: 0743263537
Price: RM79.95
SYNOPSIS
The unforgettable survival story of the year -- the astonishing, day-by-day
account of Aron Ralston's terrible accident, self-amputation, rescue and
recovery. 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 anyone who was
looking for him was not going to find him in time. He then made the most
difficult decision of his life: 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.
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