Ralston, Aron.

Between a rock and a hard place / Aron Ralston. - New York : Atria Books, c2004. - xiii, 354 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353).

A mountaineer who survived a near-fatal accident by amputating his arm when it became trapped behind a boulder in Utah describes how he endured five days of hypothermia, dehydration, and hallucinations before managing his own rescue.

ISBN: 0743492811 9780743492829 (trade pbk.) 074349282X (trade pbk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Ralston, Aron.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Rock climbing accidents--Canyonlands National Park (Utah)
Survival skills.
Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.
Mountaineers--United States--Biography.

Dewey Class. No.: 796.522092