"127 hours Between a Rock and a Hard Place" #2
I am reading a non-fiction book called “127 hours Between a
Rock and a Hard Place” by Aron Ralston and so far I read 53/342 pages.
In this part of the book the author explains how he started
liking to hike, about his passion for nature, and his greatest dangers while hiking.
It all started when Aron Ralston was 12 years old and his parents decided to
move to Colorado. Aron was frightened to move because he saw terrifying images
about the new place. As summer arrived in Colorado, Aron was sent on a trip in
the forest which involved hiking. He loved the experience and as he got older
he started climbing ever bigger mountains, even up to 3500 meters. When Aron
was hiking by himself at Bradley Lake, in the state of Wyoming, in the United
States, he crossed a bear that tried to eat his food! Aron managed to save his
meal, as well as his life and successfully finished the trip.
A
word that I didn’t know was “Maul”.
Sentence:
“They
also told me that if you were to shout at a bear, wave your arms, stomp aggressively
towards it, and then hit it with rocks, nine times out of ten you could count on
being mauled”. (Ralston 53pg)
“Mauled”
means, in this case, that a living thing savagely kills you.
That was a very interesting blog post, but I have one main criticism, and question. If you say something such as, a bear tried to steal his food, but he managed to save it, you've automatically intrigued the reader, which is good but you do not elaborate. It is as if you've promised an interesting story but refrain from telling it making the reader disappointed. So as for my question, how did the bear get his food, and how did he retrieve it from the bear?
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