Thanks for this. I'll be following it up.My Social Services wouldn't bother to look into the library issue ... although I asked a couple of times.
Maybe I'll end up getting my own Daisy player. -- Carol carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Allbones" <mallbones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi Carol I donknow if you have accessed the RNIB's tallking book service. If you want to, and not pay the subscription, then you need to go through local social services. They will give you a Daisy player and you can hav e up to 5 books at a time. The online book catalogue is pretty good. They have recently launched some other services but you can look at them from the web site. They do also produce a literary magazine called Rhetoric which I have recently subscribed to. I think there are also message boards but I have not realy used them. I have been looking at using Audible for downloading MP3 books but as yet have not round to tackling the instruction book for my mp3 player. I have to say that I have found a similar difficulty in finding recommendations for good reads, but I am surprised how many of the recommendation are in the RNIB library.Regards Matt -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carol Pearson Sent: 25 September 2007 14:27 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: a talking book Dave and all, This is a truly amazing story ... Wish you'd not given so much details as now I feel I've almost read the book! <Smiles> Anyway, this brings me to a question: I don't read much and probably should do more. A sighted friend suggested I joined (or started) a book club; but I reckon most of the books others read wouldn't be available to me . . . and I'm not quite that enthusiastic. However, I'd like to get a good list together, from friends who give more than just a six-line synopsis of a book, and wonder if a list is available where books are discussed in more depth and are available to VI people, including those of us in the UK. Any information would be gratefully received <Smiles> -- Carol carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:30 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: a talking bookThis should help you. It was not the Grand Canyon, but must be the incident you are referring to. this was the result of a quick google search. Hope it is of help. David Cheating Death in Bluejohn Canyon Written By: Shane Burrows The following is one of the most astonishing stories of survival thatIhave ever encountered. Instead of dying in Bluejohn Canyon a Coloradocanyoneeraccomplishes one of the most daring self-rescues in mountaineering history. The ensuing story was compiled from various interview's, Aron Ralston's news conference, Associated Press news releases, local news releases, Aron Ralston's website , personal experience in Bluejohn Canyon and other sources. The photograph to the left is a self portrait of Aron Ralston taken in Water Holes Canyon c2001. All other Photograph's used in this article were provided by Neil Baird. The Story: April 26, 2003, started as a routine Saturday of climbing forAron Ralston, an avid outdoorsman and mountain climber. He planned to spendtheday riding his mountain bike and climbing the red rocks and sandstonejustoutside the Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah. The areaissome of the most desolate and intriguing wilderness in the lower 48 stateswithareas of buttes, mesas and convoluted canyons. Ralston had climbed alone before plenty of times. He hadscaledall 59 of Colorado's 14,000-foot peaks, 45 of them solo in winter, andthis outing was a warm-up for an ascent of North America's highest mountain, 20,320-foot tall Mount McKinley. Ralston, 27, of Aspen, Colorado, parked his pickup truck attheHorseshoe Canyon Trailhead and took off on his mountain bike for the 15-mile ride to the Bluejohn Canyon Trailhead where he locked his mountain bike toajuniper tree. Dressed in a T-shirt and shorts and carrying a backpack he planned to canyoneer down remote Bluejohn Canyon and hike out adjacent Horseshoe Canyon to where he parked his truck and then go back for the mountain bike.Hisbackpack contained two burritos, less than a liter of water, a cheap imitation of a Leatherman brand multi-tool, a small first aid kit, a videocamera, adigital camera and rock climbing gear. The backpack did not contain a jacket or extra clothing. Canyoneering is where a climber uses rock-climbing skills, ropes and gear to negotiate narrow slot canyons. Ralston spent six days pinned beneath the center chockstone. Ralston was 150-yards above the final rappel in BluejohnCanyon.He was maneuvering in a 3-foot wide slot trying to get over the top ofalarge boulder wedged between the narrow canyon walls. He climbed up theboulderface and it seemed very stable as he stood on top. As he began toclimbdown the opposite side the perfectly balanced 800-pound rock shiftedseveralfeet, pinning his right arm - he was trapped. Within the first hour after becoming trapped Ralston had calculated his options and came up with four possible solutions. list of 4 items . Someone would happen along and rescue him. . He would be able to chip away at the rock and free his hand. . He would be able to rig up something with the ropes and equipment hehadto move the rock. . If all else failed, he would need to sever the arm. list end Death was a 5th possibility that Ralston didn't want to consider. Ralston tried ropes, anchors, anything to move the boulder,butit wouldn't budge. Next he tried to chip away at the rock with a cheap imitation of a Leatherman brand multi-tool, with no positive results. Ten hoursofchipping at the rock managed to produce only a small handful of rockdust.Temperatures dipped into the 30's at night, and still Ralston worked to free himself. Sunday and Monday passed but he was stilltrapped.Sunlight reached the narrow canyon floor for only a very short period of timeeachday. He ran out of food and water on Tuesday. On Wednesday, Ralston began sipping the urine he had started saving a day earlier. He pulled out his video camera and recorded a message to his parents. He next etched his name, birth date, and what he was certainwashis last day on earth into the canyon wall. He topped it off with RIP. On Thursday morning, Ralston had a vision of a 3-year-old boy running across a sunlit floor to be scooped up by a one-armed man. He understood this vision to be of his future son and decided that his survivalrequireddrastic action. If he did not rescue himself now, he would not havethephysical strength remaining to do it later. A very loney place. A very big rock! Ralston prepared to amputate his right arm below the elbowusingthe knife blade on his multi-tool. Realizing that the blade was notsharpenough to cut through the bone he forced his arm against the boulder andbrokethe bones so he would be able to cut through the tissue. First he broketheradius bone, which connects the elbow to the thumb. Within a few minutes he cracked the ulna, the bone on the outside of the forearm. Next he applied a tourniquet to his arm. He than used his knife blade to amputate his right armbelowthe elbow. The entire procedure required approximately one hour. Multi-tool similar to the one used to amputate. Ralston administered first aid to himself from the small kitinhis backpack. He rigged anchors and fixed a rope to rappel nearly70-feetto the bottom of Bluejohn Canyon. Leaving his rope hanging he hiked 5-miles downstream into adjacent Horseshoe Canyon, where he encountered aDutchfamily on vacation. The Dutch couple Eric and Monique Meijer and their son, Andy,hadjust finished photographing the famous Grand Gallery. As they packeduptheir gear and began to hike out of the canyon they heard a voice behindthemcry "Help, I need help". The couple immediately realized that this must bethelost hiker whom they had been briefed about by a ranger earlier in theday. Ralston walked quickly toward the couple. His arm, or whatwasleft, hung in a self-made sling and he spoke clearly: "Hello, my nameisAron, I fell off a cliff on Saturday and I was stuck under a boulder. I justcutoff my hand four hours ago and I need medical attention. I need a helicopter". It was decided that the wife and son would try to get out ofthecanyon as quickly as possible to get help. Eric remained with theinjuredman to guide him in the correct direction and provide him with food, waterandmental support. Despite all of the blood loss, Ralston maintained astrongwalking pace until sand in his shoes started to irritate him. He stopped in a shady part of the canyon to cure the annoyance so he could continue. In the meantime Ralston's friends at the Ute Mountaineerstore inAspen began to worry when he failed to appear for work and called authorities. The dilemma was that Ralston had neglected to notify anyone of his itinerary. His mother found out her son was missing Wednesday when hisboss called her. A friend helped her break into her son's e-mail for clues on his whereabouts to no avail. Authorities in Aspen discovered he had used a credit cardtobuy groceries in Moab, Utah and notified authorities there to start searching for him. Mitch Vetere, a patrol sergeant with the Emery CountySheriff'sOffice in Green River, got the call Thursday morning. A climber was several days overdue. His truck had been found at the Horseshoe Canyon Trailhead,butno one had seen Ralston. Terry Mercer, a helicopter pilot with the Utah Highway PatrolinSalt Lake City, met Vetere and another deputy about 1:00 p.m. ThursdayatHorseshoe Canyon, where Ralston's truck was parked. After reading notes andlookingat Ralston's equipment in his truck, Mercer and Vetere knew Ralston wasanexperienced climber. The search helicopter was soon airborne and Mercer flew forabouttwo hours - Nothing. Suddenly the flight crew noticed two people deep in Horseshoe Canyon waving. It was the Dutch wife and son and they were franticly signaling the helicopter and pointing in the direction of the victim. The flightcrewquickly perceived the signals and landed in a wide spot in the canyonnearRalston. The flight crew was shocked at the sight - dry and fresh blood coatinghisbody - and the missing arm. The rescue crew could not believe it;Ralstonwas within a mile of his pickup truck. He almost didn't even need to be rescued. After Ralston was helped into the helicopter, Mercer peekedbackat him. Ralston's right arm was in a makeshift sling made from aCamelbackused to carry water. Ralston leaned his head back in the helicopter andsippedon some water. Vetere kept him talking, so he wouldn't loseconsciousness.Twelve minutes later, the helicopter arrived at Allen Memorial Hospital inMoab,Utah. Ralston walked into the emergency room without help, thenpointedout on a map where he had been stuck. The rescuers were amazed at Ralston's will to live. Ahelicopterlikely would not have found him because of his position in the deepandnarrow slot canyon. Mercer and two other deputies went back into the canyonhopingthey could retrieve Ralston's arm and that it could be reattached butthetrip was futile. The deputies could not move the boulder. It would take thirteen men with equipment to later remove the severed arm. Aron Ralston had an amazing will to live, he never gave upand hesaved himself. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]OnBehalfOf John Gallagher Sent: 25 September 2007 12:16 To: access-uk-freelists.org Subject: [access-uk] a talking book Hi list, Pat has asked me to find a book which was out a few months ago it concerns a man who fell when climbing in the grand cannion. he had to cut his arm off to survive. I cannot find this book at all has any one any ideas? 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