Aron Ralston - 127 Hours, Survival, and Blessings in the Boulder
Aron Ralston is the American mountaineer famous for surviving a 2003 canyoneering accident in Utah’s Bluejohn Canyon by amputating part of his own right arm after 127 hours trapped by a boulder. His memoir Between a Rock and a Hard Place inspired the film 127 Hours.
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A Carnegie Mellon mechanical-engineering graduate and former Intel engineer, Ralston left corporate life to pursue mountaineering from Colorado. On April 26, 2003, a boulder pinned his right wrist in Bluejohn Canyon. He had not told anyone his plans.
Over five days he rationed water, tried to free himself, and eventually broke the bones of his forearm and amputated the arm with a multi-tool. He rappelled a 65-foot drop and hiked roughly seven miles before rescue—about 127 hours in total.
He documented the experience in Between a Rock and a Hard Place (basis for Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours). Afterward he continued climbing—including solo winter Colorado fourteeners—and built a speaking career on resilience, perspective, and finding “blessings in the boulders.”
Books by Aron Ralston - 127 Hours, Survival, and Blessings in the Boulder
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The true story behind 127 Hours.
Common questions
How long was Aron Ralston trapped, and how did he escape?
About 127 hours (roughly five days) in April 2003. He broke his forearm bones and amputated his right arm below the elbow with a multi-tool, then rappelled and hiked out to rescue.
What book and film tell his story?
His memoir Between a Rock and a Hard Place recounts the accident; it was adapted into the 2010 film 127 Hours, directed by Danny Boyle and starring James Franco.
