A crystalline moment shatters, and the world is a different place. Where there was confinement, now there is release. Recoiling from my sudden liberation, my left arm flings downcanyon, opening my shoulders to the south, and I fall back against the northern wall of the canyon, my mind is surfing on euphoria. As I stare at the wall where not twelve hours ago I etched RIP OCT 75 ARON APR 03, a voice shouts in my head: I AM FREE!

127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2011) - ISBN: 9781849835091