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Pinned between a rock and a hard place for six days, Carnegie Mellon grad Aron Ralston (EE ?97) did the unimaginable ? severed his own arm to save himself. But as incredible as his world-famous ordeal was, Ralston considers the publicity tour for the book that recounts his story, not the ordeal itself, as his greatest test of endurance.

?It [touring] was the most rigorous endurance event of my life. I?d often only get three hours of sleep a night during those three months of solid touring. Forty-five cities over eight countries in 90 days, 300 interviews, 50 speeches,? said Ralston in a recent phone interview.

In his book, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Ralston recounts being trapped by an 800-pound boulder in a remote southeastern Utah canyon....