| Aron Ralston wants to climb all of the "fourteeners", mountains more than 14,000 feet tall, in Colorado. But he wants to do it solo, and in the dead of winter. Readers of outdoor adventures will immediately realize that doing the high climbs alone, in the winter is risky due to potential falling, hypothermia, frayed ropes, getting lost, frostbite, dehydration, storm winds, falling objects, avalanche, getting wet, and starving.
Writing in the first person, Aron dodges all of the usual causes of death for adventurers, and lives to tell of each one: falls in the icy, swift Colorado River, avalances in the Tetons, and battles over food with a starving bear. Then he goes on to test himself with a long distance hike and bike in the outback of Utah. Sweetening the challenge he explores a slot canyon by himself. He chooses to climb over a rock, a chockstone, wedged in the narrow canyon. And it slips. The stone slips and pins his arm in the narrow canyon. Then Aron begins to really tell his story. He begins by being sorry he had neglected to tell anyone where he was going. The story traces highlights and adventures of his life, and recounts each effort to escape, until he finally cuts his arm off. | ||
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Plot & Themes Exploring/Searching... - tall mountains Outdoors story Yes Exploring: - surviving in outdoors Subject of Biography Gender - Male Profession/status: Ethnicity - White Nationality - American Setting Desert? Yes Century: - 1980's-Present Writing Style Book makes you feel? - angry If this is a kid's book: - Age 16-Adult Pictures/Illustrations? - None How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 76%-100% of book |
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