Thursday\, June 2\, 2022: The Mountain Bet ween Us by Charles Martin
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Abstract: \;
\nOn a
stormy winter night\, two strangers wait for a flight at the Salt Lake Ci
ty airport. \; Ashley Knox is an attractive\, successful writer\, who
is flying East for her much anticipated wedding. \; Dr. Ben Payne has
just wrapped up a medical conference and is also eager to get back East fo
r a slate of surgeries he has scheduled for the following day. \;
\; 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 t
he storm and drop him in Denver to catch a connection. \; \; And w
hen the pilot says the single engine prop plane can fit one more\, if bare
ly\, Ben offers the seat to Ashley knowing that she needs to get back just
as urgently. \; \; And then the unthinkable happens. \; The p
ilot has a heart attack mid-flight and the plane crashes into the High Uin
tas Wilderness-- one of the largest stretches of harsh and remote land in
the United States. \;
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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. \; \;
Fortunately\, Ben is a medical professional and avid climber (and in a luc
ky break\, has his gear from a climb earlier in the week). \; With lit
tle hope for rescue\, he must nurse Ashley back to health and figure out h
ow they are going to get off the mountain\, where the temperature hovers i
n the teens. \; \; Meanwhile\, Ashley soon realizes that the very
private Ben has some serious emotional wounds to heal as well. \; He e
xplains to Ashley that he is separated from his beloved wife\, but in a lo
ng standing tradition\, he faithfully records messages for her on his voic
e recorder reflecting on their love affair. \; As Ashley eavesdrops on
Ben's tender words to his estranged wife she comes to fear that when it c
omes to her own love story\, she's just settling. \; And what's more:
she begins to realize that the man she is really attracted to\, the man sh
e may love\, is Ben.
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As the days on the mountains become
weeks\, their survival become increasingly perilous. \; How will they
make it out of the wilderness and if they do\, how will this experience c
hange them forever?
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