Book summary: 

The book follows the true story of Aaron Ralston, a mountaineer who goes hiking in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. After an accident he finds himself trapped when his hand is caught under a large stone in a desolate and remote area. For five days he examines his life and survives the forces of nature to discover his powers, in order to rescue himself at any cost. Climb a stone wall and walk 14 kilometers until he is rescued. It’s a fascinating story that lets the audience experience a journey that will reveal to them what we can do when we choose life.

The plot of the book takes place in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, where we follow a guy named Aaron Ralston, an adventurer who went hiking in the Rocky Mountains without the knowledge of his friends or family. Aaron rode his bike and reached a hidden place, where Aaron entered carefully so as not to fall with the stones. But apparently Aaron was not careful, Aaron fell together with a huge stone that fell on him, and was unable to move it. Aharon tried everything possible for five days (127 hours) with very little food and liquids, and there Aharon thinks about himse.

Aron Ralston, hello.

My name is Janet Sosonov, and I here, writing you a letter about your amazing and fascinating story, a story about life and death, precisely about the strength and courage you have, about the fact that you always knew what to use, even with extreme means, what was important to you, that you get out of there alive. I must tell you that you are a very brave, determined, curious, calculated person, but what is best about you is that you know how to criticize yourself, that you know how to say where you went wrong, where you did not work correctly, but there is nothing you can do, in the end you encounter a problem, You tried to do everything, you tried to shake, even to move the rock a little, but in vain. A stone weighing almost 400 kg did not yield to your continuous actions.

So Aron was left alone with a huge rock in the middle of the desert. With no more strength, you just thought and thought about your family and friends somewhere far away from you, but you didn’t give up, you thought about three attempts to get out of this situation: smashing a stone on the equipment at her disposal, breaking the wall of the canyon, until you can pull your hand, waiting patiently for the rescuer or Cut off the hand, which is stuck between a very heavy rock. There was another way out – suicide, but an incredibly strong option for your well-being, you immediately rejected.

Despite all the attempts to move the rock, she was in this canyon for 5 days. The possibility of waiting for them to come save you cannot happen, because none of your relatives and friends knew in advance that you were going to the track. And then it was over, you made a terrible decision: cut off your hand. You had one knife at your disposal – a cheap fake, and some bicycle rims, but in the end you improvised something and then independently broke the bones.

I want to tell you that I think you are a great person, and I will explain myself, you were stuck for five days, under a huge rock, in the middle of the desert, all alone, with no way out of this situation. . In the situation you were in, it was a very stressful, worrying situation, especially with all the thoughts you had in your head, but you didn’t listen to anything, you didn’t let the pressure overwhelm you, you didn’t let the voice in your head hurt you, on the contrary, you made it help you, you also knew how to behave calculatedly When your pulse is over 200, and even when your head is thinking about your family in general, but you, you didn’t give up, you did everything, you fought, and that’s why you’re a hero!

In addition, I can tell you that your story can affect each of us, each of us has had stressful situations, in life, in the army, at work, at home, but each of us should know how to act correctly, and don’t let this situation make us control the processes, control In the processing he will not give something to the situation, on the contrary, he will only make it worse…

We must always remember that the best thing we can do in stressful times is to listen to each other with our ears and hearts, and then we will be sure that our questions are just as important as the answers we seek.

Before I finish, I have a few questions to ask you:
What helped you overcome the stress?
1. Is it because of what happened, that you won’t go out on the tracks anymore?
2. If you knew this route was dangerous, why did you choose to go there?
3. Are you still in touch with the girls you met on the trip?
4. In your opinion, what is the most important thing to bring in your bag to the runways?
5. What advice can you give people in dealing with stressful situations?
6. What was the first thing you did when you got home?

The end 🙂