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Aron Lee Ralston (born October 27, 1975) is an American mountaineer, mechanical engineer, and motivational speaker, known for surviving a canyoneering accident by cutting off part of his own right arm.
Oct 29, 2023 · In April 2003, Aron Ralston was on a solo climbing trip in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park when an 800-pound boulder suddenly fell from above him. The next thing he knew, his right arm was lodged between the boulder and a canyon wall.
Jul 23, 2003 · Ralston, a 27-year-old mountaineer from Aspen, Colorado, is an experienced outdoorsman and a former member of the Albuquerque Mountain Rescue Council. Bluejohn Canyon was well within...
Aug 30, 2004 · In April 2003 climber Aron Ralston entered Utah's Bluejohn Canyon only to become trapped when an 800-pound (360-kilogram) boulder shifted, crushed his hand, and pinned him to the...
Mar 31, 2009 · Aron Ralston calls it, “my accident.” But when he cut his own hand off six years ago to free himself from an 800-pound boulder, it was the beginning of a new self discovery.
Oct 28, 2010 · James Franco stars as Aron Ralston who makes unthinkable decision when his arm is trapped by a bolder in remote canyon
Jun 23, 2024 · Aron Ralston is the muse behind Danny Boyle's film starring James Franco, 127 Hours, as he amputated his own arm after getting trapped in Bluejohn Canyon.
Mar 4, 2009 · Adventurer Aron Ralston was pinned beneath a rock for six days while climbing in Utah in 2003. He cut off his own arm to free himself. Later, he told Alex Chadwick about his ordeal.
Nov 23, 2003 · Last spring an 800-pound boulder trapped Aron Ralston in a remote canyon in Utah. He knew the only way out was to sever his arm. In the weeks that followed, his became the survival story of the...
May 3, 2003 · The hiker, Aron Ralston, 27, of Aspen, would have died had he stayed where he was, in the remote Blue John Canyon near Canyonlands National Park in southeastern...