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17 maj 2024 · This extract, taken from the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place, is an autobiographical account by American mountain climber Aron Ralston of his experience of being trapped in a canyon while hiking in the Utah desert in the USA.
Climber Aron Ralston takes desperate action when his arm gets trapped in remote canyon in America. Graded reading text with comprehension quiz. PDF download with reading comprehension and vocabulary exercises.
15 lip 2021 · For Aron Ralston, a twenty-seven-year-old mountaineer and outdoorsman, a walk into the remote Blue John Canyon was a chance to get a break from a winter of solo climbing Colorado's highest and toughest peaks.
Overview. Between a Rock and a Hard Place is a 2004 adventure and survival memoir by American mountain climber Aron Ralston. The narrative focuses on Ralston’s near-death experience when his arm became stuck under a boulder in a canyon in Utah, where he remained trapped for five days until he amputated his arm.
©Scholastic Ltd 1 Teacher’s notes SCHOLASTIC READERS On Saturday, April 26th, 2003, mountain climber Aron Ralston from Colorado, USA, went hiking in Canyonlands National Park in south east Utah, USA. That afternoon, a boulder fell and trapped his right hand against the canyon wall. Aron was in a very difficult situation – he had very ...
30 lip 2020 · Hiking into the remote Utah canyonlands, Aron Ralston felt perfectly at home in the beautiful natural world. Then, at 2:41 p.m., eight miles from his truck, in a deep and narrow slot canyon, an eight-hundred-pound boulder tumbled loose, pinning Aron's right hand and wrist against the canyon wall.
7 wrz 2004 · THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND BASIS FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE 127 HOURS. One of the most extraordinary survival stories ever told—Aron Ralston's searing account of his six days...
