Between a Rock and a Hard Place: My Survival in Blue John Canyon - Rilegato

'Here is one man's heroic struggle with the infinite, a searing and compelling read. Aron Ralston tells his agonizing, inspiring tale of survival with all the verve and honesty you'd expect of someone who somehow found inspiration even in the face of a lonely death.'
Benedict Allen
‘A gripping book . . . It not only details his entrapment and escape but tells vivid tales of extreme mountaineering prior to that defining misadventure'
Joanna Walters, DAILY EXPRESS
'Harrowing' GUARDIAN
‘Ralston is superb at evoking the epic beauty of the land, and his description of his ordeal is riveting: think Touching the Void directed by Tarantino’
Sarfraz Manzoor, NEW STATESMAN
‘Ralston manages to keep the tension flowing throughout . . . alternating each chapter of angst-ridden, present-tense narrative with a cosier chapter of climbing nostalgia. This lends the book a Hitchcockian rhythm, see-sawing neatly between calm and tension. . . . . He is somehow able to chronicle the ebb and flow of his thoughts and feelings during his ordeal with an exactness that gives his book the emotional pull of a psychological thriller.’
Craig Brown, book of the week in the MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘Ralston is a passionate man who has lived his life resolutely pursuing this passion. His fortitude in his dire predicament was, as he would say, awesome, and from this it is possible to learn much about hope in the face of overwhelming odds.’
Toby Clements, DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Ralston has an eye for detail and a capacity for reflection which make the book a riveting read' BRISTOL EVENING POST
'Riveting . . . if you only read one adventure book this year, this is it' THE GREAT OUTDOORS
'An inspirational tale of strength and courage' TRIANGLE
‘I remember listening to an interview with Aron Ralston telling how he became trapped by a boulder while hiking in a Utah canyon in 2003...Incredible. I had to read his book...He takes you through his life, which is full of adventure, risk and close shaves with death. Few could have survived his ordeal and the terrible choices it demanded...We know his story’s ending, but it’s still a thrilling conclusion’
The Times 18/06
'Fear-seekers will be gripped'
Robert Macfarlane, THE TIMES