A couple years ago, when I first wanted to go to Canyonlands National Park, my brother got me the book by Aron Ralston Between a Rock and a Hard Place. It took me forever to finally get around to reading it, but I just finished it last week and knew it was worthy of a Wanderlust Wednesday post. When I first started reading this I was just expecting it to be the tale of a guy getting stuck in a canyon and having to cut his own arm off, but it is so much more. This book tells the tale of Aron’s love affair with adventure and exploring the wild and natural areas of the United States. He is truly an inspiration and doesn’t hold anything back. He owns up several times in the book where he got cocky and made mistakes, and I appreciated the truth in this book a lot. It’s more than a book about travel and survival. It’s about life, your decisions and even interactions with friends and family. It’s definitely worth the read, even for non-travelers. These were some of my favorite quotes: “The rolling scrub desert gradually drops away into a region of painted rock […]