127 Hours
eBook - ePub

127 Hours

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

127 Hours

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

About this book

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. 127 Hours 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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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise for Aron Ralston
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Dedication
  6. Epigraph
  7. PROLOGUE: Circulating With The Robbers Roosters
  8. ONE: Geologic Time Includes Now
  9. TWO: Beginnings
  10. THREE: The Night Shift
  11. FOUR: How to Become a Retired Engineer in Just Five Short Years
  12. FIVE: Day Two: Failing Options
  13. SIX: Winter Rhapsody
  14. SEVEN: Day Three: Push on Till the Day
  15. EIGHT: I'm Goin' to Utah
  16. NINE: Day Four: Out of Food and Water
  17. TEN: Stirrings of a Rescue
  18. ELEVEN: Day Five: Trance Sanctuary
  19. TWELVE: Firestorm
  20. THIRTEEN: Day Six: Enlightenment and Euphoria
  21. FOURTEEN: Homing In: We Have His Truck
  22. FIFTEEN: A Date with Destiny
  23. EPILOGUE: A Farewell to Arm
  24. Biographical Chronology
  25. Glossary
  26. Acknowledgments
  27. Recommended Reading
  28. Text Permissions
  29. Plates