allthumbs Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Colorado Climber Amputates Own Arm Friday, May 02, 2003 MOAB, Utah — A Colorado (search) climber amputated his own arm Thursday, five days after becoming pinned by a boulder, and he was hiking to safety when he was spotted by searchers, authorities said. Aron Ralston, 27, of Aspen, was in serious condition late Thursday at a hospital in Grand Junction, Colo. Ralston was climbing Saturday in Blue John Canyon (search), adjacent to Canyonlands National Park (search) in far southwestern Utah, when a 200-pound boulder fell on him, pinning his right arm, authorities said. He ran out of water on Tuesday and on Thursday morning, he decided that his survival required drastic action. Using his pocketknife, he amputated his arm below the elbow and applied a tourniquet and administered first aid. He then rigged anchors, fixed a rope and rappelled to the canyon floor. He hiked downstream and was spotted about 3 p.m. by a Utah Public Safety Helicopter. The search for Ralston had begun the same morning, after authorities were notified he was four days overdue reporting for work. Ralston was described by authorities as an avid outdoorsman in exceptional physical condition. They said he was known to have climbed 49 of Colorado's major peaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny_destiny Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 oNLY WITH THE HELP OF oUR lORD IN hEAVEN WAS HE ALLOWED TO SURVIVE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted May 2, 2003 Author Share Posted May 2, 2003 and his swiss army knife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 maybe he should team up with joe simpson and get a sponsorship. "got swiss?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 a 200 lb boulder? that's not exactly enormous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphinx Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 johnny_destiny said: oNLY WITH THE HELP OF oUR lORD IN hEAVEN WAS HE ALLOWED TO SURVIVE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbw1966 Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fejas Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 rbw1966 said: The asian doods a idiot... how can religion be make belive? I'm really its just an oganiztion of belifes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted May 2, 2003 Author Share Posted May 2, 2003 how the hell did we go from gnawing off an arm to fucking religion? jeez, you choads are pickled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fejas Posted May 2, 2003 Share Posted May 2, 2003 (edited) sorry trash... Really though, if you have the time to cut off you arm; below the elbow no less. don't you think he could have gotten that 200 pounder off of him... hell i've rolled bigger women off me than that.... Edited May 2, 2003 by Fejas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted May 2, 2003 Author Share Posted May 2, 2003 maybe the dood likes to whittle ever think of that, BrightStar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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