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

De: Aron Ralston

Narrado por: Aron Ralston

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

Fantastic Survival Story

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.

Wow

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

Better than the movie

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.

Absolutely incredible

I remember when the story first came out, I was still a young man. I followed it very well, and oddly enough, it is one of the things that got me into backcountry adventuring. I’m so glad I finally got around to actually reading the book, having seen the movie seven, maybe eight years ago. Ralston is not just an expert Mountaineer/survivalist…turns out he’s a pretty damn good writer to. And a good narrator, I must say.

Way better than the movie...

im glad the movie introduced me to the story, but im baffled by the choices they made. Im a big movie guy, I know all about adaptations and why they make changes, but this story is way better and they could have easily adapated it much more closely.

teach lessons

The story teaches many good lessons at many different levels. One needs to only listen and read lesson in order to gain them all.

Great book

The movie left out so much. I'm glad he didn't promote anyone to not try to accomplish his goals. I admired him for never giving up and to continue to push the limits. His hobby is dangerous but it was one hell of a rush.

Even Better Than I Expected

It’s taken me a long time to decide to listen this book. In April 2003, I floated in a canoe past the mouth of Horseshoe Canyon, less than 15 miles-as the raven flies-from where Aron was actively stuck in Blue John. Obviously, we had no idea that he was up there. The hype that followed his accident caused people all around me to form a myriad of opinions about what kind of person Aron was. It was too much speculation and I ignored most of it. I’m glad to have waited so long and was able to approach the book with more maturity. I’ll need to read the book now since this audio version is abridged. Thanks, Aron!

The Movie Didn't Tell Half the Story

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.

127 Hours

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).