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127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Movie Tie- In)

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127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Movie Tie- In)

By: Aron Ralston
Narrated by: Aron Ralston
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Aron Ralston, an experienced 27-year-old outdoorsman, was on a days solitary hike through a remote and narrow Utah canyon when he dislodged an 800-pound boulder that crushed his right hand and wrist against the canyon wall. Emerging from the searing pain, Aron found himself completely stuck. No one knew where he was; no one was coming to rescue him. With scant water and food, and a cheap pocketknife his only tool, he eliminated his options one by one. On the fifth night, wracked by delirium and uncontrollable shivers, Aron scratched his epitaph into the rock wall, certain he would not see daylight.

Yet with the new morning came an epiphany: if he could use the rocks vise-like hold to break his arm bones, his blunted pocketknife could serve as a surgeons blade....

©2010 Simon & Schuster Audio; 2010 Aron Ralston
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Inspiring Survival Story • Authentic Emotional Journey • Authentic Narration • Raw Human Experience • Clear Articulation
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Ever since the pandemic started I've been listening to survival stories. They make me feel so much better about my life and give me perspective. I wasn't expecting to enjoy this book so much as I'm kind of averse to gore but it was really well done.

Pros: Incredible story, well told in chronological order, I even got a bit choked up towards the end which I was not expecting at all.

Cons: Because there's not a whole lot to tell there's a lot of filler stories of his childhood which I skipped through. The story is already only 5 hours and I'd say about an hour of that is filled with extras.

In conclusion I'd highly recommend the book. It's also better than the movie.

Fantastic Survival Story

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Wow met the guy before ii knew his story. Super friendly happy guy. At least on the floor dancing.

Wow

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If you could sum up 127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Movie Tie- In) in three words, what would they be?

I saw the film and heard some snippets of Ralston's interviews online. This made me wonder why he said he wouldn't avoid this accident if he were to do it over again. This book helped to explain what the experience has done to enrich the author's life. Although the book would do a service to readers by adding some advice on avoiding similar incidents, it's a great story from a standpoint of overcoming adversity, facing fears, "growing" spiritually/intellectually, etc. The book does not, however, provide much advice in terms of "lessons learned." I enjoyed that it was ready by Aron Ralston himself. I always like audio books that are read by their own authors; you can be pretty sure that all the voice inflections are correct interpretations of the author's tone.

Better than the movie

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This book had me on the edge of my seat. I couldn’t believe what this poor guy went through. It’s amazing. I’m so glad that he’s all right, but his story is very adventurous and gut wrenching. You just don’t know what’s gonna happen. I also enjoyed the film. It’s a very good movie.

Gut Wrenching

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The movie 127 hours didn't tell half of this story. It never showed Aron as more than some random guy with no outdoor experience who went out to the desert by himself and didn't tell anyone. It never explained his extensive professional-level climbing and mountaineering expertise, nor his search and rescue training, his successful bid to winter solo-climb all of Colorado's 14ers, and it never explored the spiritual aspect of this event. After hearing this book, as read by Aron himself, I feel as if every viewer was ripped off by the movie, and it was most unfair to Aron, himself.

The Movie Didn't Tell Half the Story

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What did you love best about 127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Movie Tie- In)?

Having Aron himself narrate the book was a huge positive. He brought more emotional connection to the events than another narrator would.

What did you like best about this story?

This version goes along with the revised book. It moved at a good pace (not too slow of a reading) and was clear to understand.

What does Aron Ralston bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Again, his emotional connection to the story made it much more interesting.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes.

Any additional comments?

I had the original copy of "Between a Rock" and this audio version skips a lot of the original text. Buyer beware if you are reading along--you will have portions that skip multiple pages of the original text (but goes along with the revised/newer edition).

127 Hours

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Wonderfull story, it is a great example od perseverance, faith ans self-confidence. I have enjoyed it.

Perseverance, faith and self-confidence.

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Loved the story, but can’t share with young audiences due to the foul language, but an excellent story otherwise.

Would be 5 stars all the way except for the foul language.

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The only thing I did not like is that this is an abridged version of the book. I thought I was getting the full book. It left out so many good parts. The book was incredible. The audio version just didn’t cut the mustard for me.

Great story

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Whats there to dislike? This guy went through a harrowing ordeal and lived to share his story. Truly crazy and amazing

All of it

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