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吉田 久美子 kypippide9b — I read the first few chapters, but found many of his arguments (and the science behind them) to be overly simplistic and not particularly reflective of the process behind my decision-making, anyway. Some cute antedotes, but not enough to make me want to read the rest of the book.

Stella Maris bee_line — Could you do it? Self-amputate an arm or a leg to save yourself or would you decide to just rot? Aron Ralston breaks his arm bones and using a pocketknife, severs his arm, releasing him from a boulder, which is crushing his right hand. The whole ordeal takes 127 hours - from the time of the accident, where he accidentally dislodges a boulder, which lands on his right hand to when he has an epiphany on how to get himself out of this predicament (trapped by himself in a remote and narrow canyon in Utah)to his eventual hike out of the Blue John and Horseshoe Canyons (right arm, a stump, in a tourniquet and sling)and rescue. But the book (paperback edition November 2010) is 400 pages! In between Aron's battle for survival in a Utah canyon, Aron has included flashbacks - biographical information about his life, including how he came to be an avid, experienced outdoors-man. Not that anyone deserves bad luck, but it seems he had a couple previous close calls with death (battling the current of the Colorado River and surviving an avalanche) and one would think that something like this was probably, eventually, inevitable. As Ranger Steve concluded: "This was someone being in the wrong place at the wrong time, an extreme case of bad luck. It's just bad luck." [p.383] I think, as Aron noted in his book as well, he has an EXCELLENT guardian angel. This book is about survival. It is a very personal, emotional tale - in particular recalling his re-accounts of his film footage to his family and friends. It is wonderfully written. It is a story, which has apparently touched so many people. In the epilogue, Aron Ralston wrote: "One woman from Salt Lake City sent a card telling me she had flushed a stockpile of her deceased husband's sleeping pills down the toilet. She wrote, "Your act of bravery has inspired me to hold on more dearly. I had promised myself that I would end my life if things had not gotten better on year after my husband's death. I know now that suicide is not the answer. You inspire me to stay strong, remain brave and to fight for life." [p. 388-389]

Lona Walburn _ona_alburn — Excellent. I read it in 2 sittings. Drop what you're doing and read it right now. I had to restrain myself from immediately starting at the beginning again once I finished. It reminded me a lot of José Saramago's Blindness, another amazing story of human reactions in the face of disaster. Read that one too. But make sure you read some VC Andrews or Charlaine Harris in between - that much devastation in a row might mess with your mind.