the mountain between us by charles martin

Meanwhile, Ashley soon realizes that the very private Ben has some serious emotional wounds to heal as well. With little hope for rescue, he must nurse Ashley back to health and figure out how they are going to get off the mountain, where the temperature hovers in the teens.

Fortunately, Ben is a medical professional and avid climber (and in a lucky break, has his gear from a climb earlier in the week). Ben, who has broken ribs and Ashley, who suffers a terrible leg fracture, along with the pilot's dog, are faced with an incredibly harrowing battle to survive. The pilot has a heart attack mid-flight and the plane crashes into the High Uintas Wilderness- one of the largest stretches of harsh and remote land in the United States. And when the pilot says the single engine prop plane can fit one more, if barely, Ben offers the seat to Ashley knowing that she needs to get back just as urgently. When the last outgoing flight is cancelled due to a broken de-icer and a forthcoming storm, Ben finds a charter plane that can take him around the storm and drop him in Denver to catch a connection. Ben Payne has just wrapped up a medical conference and is also eager to get back East for a slate of surgeries he has scheduled for the following day. Ashley Knox is an attractive, successful writer, who is flying East for her much anticipated wedding. On a stormy winter night, two strangers wait for a flight at the Salt Lake City airport. How will they make it out of the wilderness and if they do, how will this experience change them forever? Heart-wrenching and unputdownable, The Mountain Between Us will reaffirm your belief in the power of love to sustain us.Now a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet and Idris Elba From the author of Where the River Ends, comes this page-turning story of love and survival. Without food or shelter, and only Ben’s mountain climbing gear to protect themselves, Ashley and Ben’s chances for survival look bleak, but their reliance on each other sparks an immediate connection, which soon evolves into something more.ĭays in the mountains become weeks, as their hope for rescue dwindles.

But when unthinkable tragedy strikes, the pair find themselves stranded in Utah’s most remote wilderness in the dead of winter, badly injured and miles from civilization. When a blizzard strands them in Salt Lake City, two strangers agree to charter a plane together, hoping to return home Ben Payne is a gifted surgeon returning from a conference, and Ashley Knox, a magazine writer, is en route to her wedding. An atmospheric, suspenseful and gripping story of two people finding love while fighting to survive. Now a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet and Idris Elba.

The mountain between us by charles martin