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Aron Ralston is known for surviving a canyoneering accident by cutting off his own arm in 2003. He is also a mechanical engineer, motivational speaker, and the first person to climb all of Colorado's fourteeners solo in winter.
Oct 29, 2023 · Aron Ralston was a mountaineer who spent 127 hours pinned by a boulder in Utah's Bluejohn Canyon in 2003. He survived by amputating his own arm with a cheap knife and inspired the film 127 Hours.
Jul 23, 2003 · Aron Ralston amputated his arm to escape a boulder in Utah's Bluejohn Canyon in 2003. A search and rescue expert analyzes what Ralston did right and wrong, and how the media exaggerated his heroism.
- Cliff Ransom
Apr 28, 2022 · On April 26, 2003, during a solo descent of Bluejohn Canyon in southeastern Utah, Ralston dislodged a boulder, pinning his right wrist to the side of the canyon wall.
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Aug 30, 2004 · Aron Ralston recounts his harrowing ordeal in Utah's Bluejohn Canyon, where he amputated his own hand to survive. He shares his thoughts on his decisions, pain, video, and climbing after the incident.
- Michael Benoist
May 3, 2022 · Learn about Aron Ralston, the American climber who cut off his arm to escape a boulder in a Utah canyon in 2003. Find out how he recovered, became a motivational speaker, and summited Colorado's 14ers.
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...
