What I'm reading...

I just finished Between a Rock and a Hard Place (by Aron Ralston) in the wee hours of Saturday morning.

Incredible account of an unfathomable situation. I thought he came off a little (okay, a lot) arrogant in the book, and I've heard the same of the movie (127 Hours). I would think he would have become a little more cautious after an ordeal such as that. Maybe he has, but it didn't come off that way in the book. Then again, it's been several years since the book was published. I'll be interested to see the movie sometime.

An overview from amazon.com:
From midday Saturday, April 26, 2003, until midday Thursday, May 1, Ralston was pinned between a boulder and a canyon wall in a remote area of Canyonlands National Park in Utah. He had little food and water. No one would even wonder where he was until he didn't show up for work on Tuesday. Unable to sit, lie down, use his right arm (that was the part between the rock and the wall), or sleep, he knew right away that he was in for an excruciatingly difficult time. Those 120 hours of what he calls "uninterrupted experience" tested to the fullest his physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual being. His eventual rescue led to international headlines, partially due to his dramatic means of escape: he severed his arm with a cheap, dull, dirty knife. This is a searing and amazingly detailed rendition of his ordeal, along with accounts of several of Ralston's previous wilderness adventures. He is one active and tough guy, but readers never get the sense that he is boastful or seeking notoriety. Rather, he seems genuinely intrigued, even mildly befuddled, by his insatiable drive to be active in the wild. One could say he takes too many risks, and that he has a tendency toward carelessness. He himself notes this. But the man's drive and devotion to his calling are nothing but admirable.