Aron’s self-written memoir tells the miraculous story of perseverance and a family’s love that has touched and inspired readers around the world. He interweaves adventures (and misadventures) in his development as an outdoorsman with the saga of his six-day-long entrapment by an 800-pound boulder in Blue John Canyon that ended in him amputating his right hand and forearm with a blunted multi-tool, rappelling a 65-foot-high cliff, and then hiking seven miles.

Despite his courageous self-rescue, the combined effects of dehydration, shock, heat exhaustion, and blood loss threaten his life until salvation appears in the form of a black helicopter, part of the search operation spearheaded by his mother.

Attaining international bestseller status, Between a Rock and a Hard Place reached #3 on the New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction list, hit #1 in New Zealand and Australia, and is the #7 best-selling autobiography of all-time in the UK. It has been translated into twelve languages and is his first book. The trade paperback came out September 1st, 2005 and between the hardback and paperback, Between a Rock was on the NYT bestseller lists for a combined 20 weeks.