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Aron Ralston

Aron Ralston
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Aron Ralston

Aron Ralston grew up in the Midwest before moving to Colorado when he was twelve, where he became an avid climber, canoeist and skier. He gave up a career as a mechanical engineer in 2002 to return to the mountains. Ralston has climbed over 100 Colorado peaks of more than 13,000 feet, and since his accident has gone back to climbing to continue his life of adventure and discovery.

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Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Jul 25, 2012
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from 127 Hours
Jul 20, 2012
Audio Excerpt:
127 Hours Movie Tie- In
Dec 18, 2011
News:
Between a Rock and a Hard Place has won an award
Dec 17, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Dec 17, 2011
News:
Between a Rock and a Hard Place has won an award
Dec 17, 2011
127 Hours will be released on February 03, 2011 in
Feb 03, 2011
127 Hours is now available in
Feb 03, 2011
127 Hours will be released on December 09, 2010 in
Dec 09, 2010
127 Hours is now available in
Dec 09, 2010
127 Hours Movie Tie- In will be released on December 09, 2010 in
Dec 09, 2010
127 Hours Movie Tie- In is now available in
Dec 09, 2010
Between a Rock and a Hard Place will be released on June 06, 2005 in
Jun 06, 2005
Between a Rock and a Hard Place is now available in
Jun 06, 2005

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TickerTech.com, April 8, 2013
...featured artist Lori McElrath-Eslick (The Good Fire Helmet), cartoonist Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), inspirational outdoorsman Aron Ralston (127 Hours), sports ghostwriter Mike Yorkey (Believe--Eric LeGrand), and international columnist Susan...
Digital Journal, April 5, 2013
...bringing that person down, he or she can try taking a walk through the hope-filled inspirational story of Aron Ralston. “Trapped, he came to grips with the situation, realizing that there was no possibility of anyone saving him. One thought that...
Femail, March 26, 2013
...together and I told him there were a couple of ideas I'd always been drawn to: the Aron Ralston story - which became 127 Hours - and this mad thriller called Trance" says director Danny Boyle. "It always felt like perfect material for the writer John...
Mail Online UK, March 17, 2013
...the mythology we draw upon was fascinating. We also looked towards real world tales of survival (such as Aron Ralston's story and the Andes survivors) for inspiration. This really is a story about the enduring nature of the human spirit and will to...
Metro.co.uk, March 4, 2013
...well as fictional influences such as Lost and The Descent, we looked towards true survival stories such as Aron Ralston in 127 Hours. ‘I’ve had an up-and-down relationship with Lara over the years. I played the first game, in fact Dad did and...
Moviehole, January 20, 2013
...rushing across the Andes is like deflating a balloon. Picture the recent “127 Hours” with an abbreviated ending. Aron Ralston (James Franco) climbs, is trapped, sweats, suffers, amputates his arm and….happy ending. Uh-uh. Finish the story. The...
ParentDish, October 4, 2012
...The Sacrifice is published by Puffin Books 127 Hours, £7.99, from Amazon tells the true story of Aron Ralston, the adventurer who became trapped while mountain-climbing in Utah  - and ended up having to cut off his right arm in order to free himself...
Los Angeles Times, May 10, 2013
...the sight brought up images from the film "127 Hours." Bill sensed our misgivings. "How common was Aron Ralston's accident? To knock over a boulder, have it fall and land on you, trapping your arm?" Bill shook his head. "It was a complete fluke. The...
Globe and Mail, May 10, 2013
...when cases of great resilience make headlines? Consider the white-knuckle tale of the Chilean miners’ rescue, or canyoneer Aron Ralston, who got the James Franco treatment in 127 Hours after amputating his own arm to escape a slot canyon. Or Rita...
NBCNews.com, May 10, 2013
...Associated Press. The climber who cut his own arm off: Amputating his right arm isn't what mountaineer Aron Ralston had in mind when he set out for an adventure on April 26, 2003. A prolific climber based in Aspen, Colo., Ralston, then 27, had scaled...
MSN Canada, May 10, 2013
...Aron Ralston smiles at a news conference at St. Mary's Hospital on May 9, 2003 in Grand Junction, Colo. The remarkable story of a survivor pulled alive from the ruins...
NBCNews.com, May 10, 2013
...Associated Press. The climber who cut his own arm off: Amputating his right arm isn't what mountaineer Aron Ralston had in mind when he set out for an adventure on April 26, 2003. A prolific climber based in Aspen, Colo., Ralston, then 27, had scaled...
NBCNews.com, May 10, 2013
...Associated Press. The climber who cut his own arm off: Amputating his right arm isn't what mountaineer Aron Ralston had in mind when he set out for an adventure on April 26, 2003. A prolific climber based in Aspen, Colo., Ralston, then 27, had scaled...
NBCNews.com, May 10, 2013
...Associated Press. The climber who cut his own arm off: Amputating his right arm isn't what mountaineer Aron Ralston had in mind when he set out for an adventure on April 26, 2003. A prolific climber based in Aspen, Colo., Ralston, then 27, had scaled...