The Mountain Between Us Book Summary. In the mountain between us, a doctor named ben and a photojournalist named alex (kate winslet) survive a plane crash, only to find themselves injured and stranded in the high mountain wilderness. He has surgeries scheduled for the next day so he hires a small fishing and hunting charter plane to fly him to denver where he thinks he'll have a chance of catching a flight home.
The mountain between us is an adventure story, a story of survivial, and above all a love story. The mountain between us is set in colorado, in a tiny town where everyone leans on each other. When their chartered flight crashes, they attempt to survive.
Along with a trusty dog, alex and ben use their intelligence and grit to try to reach civilization through a cold and hazardous environment.
He has surgeries scheduled for the next day so he hires a small fishing and hunting charter plane to fly him to denver where he thinks he'll have a chance of catching a flight home. Ben waits a beat and echoes the thoughts of many a cinephile in the theater by observing that hoffman was trying to stop the wedding. When their chartered flight crashes, they attempt to survive. A london neurosurgeon desperate to attend an operation crosses paths with an american bride determined to get to her wedding.