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Wednesday 25 May 2016

Notable Survivalist Story Of Aron Ralston

By Walter Campbell


If an individual has already seen the 127 Hours movie in 2010, then clearly he or she has seen the performance of James Franco which was based from a real life event involving Aron Lee Ralston and the accident which occurred in Utah of 2003. The event led to having only a single pocketknife to amputate his arm on the right to free against boulders that prevented him to escape that took place at the Blue John Canyon for five straight days. As troubling as we hear that, he still survived it all.

When the occurrence did not happen yet, this man has been noted for being a good motivational speaker, outdoorsman, or even an engineer. He spends a lot of his free time in climbing many mountains like the ones in Colorado of about fourteen thousand feet or canyoneering. That is not detailed enough so here is what really happened during the risky survivalist story of Aron Ralston.

It was exactly April 26, 2003 which he hiked by himself only the Blue John Canyon at the eastern Wayne County, Utah. By the time he reached the slot canyon, a boulder suddenly dislodged and smashed his right hand. He got stuck and no help came for him because he did not inform anyone that he hiked.

While freeing the arm desperately, he survived having only burritos to eat and a very little amount of water to drink for five days and almost gave up. Escaping via amputation of the arm did come into his mind during the moment of dehydration on day three. He had an experimentation or practice of cutting the forearm using tourniquets.

Day four gave him an idea that he really had to amputate through the bones even though he did not have the proper tools to do it. In addition, he forced himself in drinking his urine since he ran out of something to eat or drink on the fifth. His videotape still worked so he utilized it in saying goodbyes to the people that matter to him and even carved his name, birth date, and his assumed death date at the sandstone wall.

In amputating, he used the two inch knife for that. It got super dull which was caused in the carving. Still, he was successful.

He still managed to hike with only one hand left with the really warm sun challenging him to survive. In the end, there was a family on vacation there. They alerted the people in charge for rescue plus they gave him a bit of water or food in a short time.

He might have died if he bled to death but that did not happen even in losing weight. Individuals who rescued him finally arrived and brought him to a helicopter. He got saved while he got an amputated arm for six hours with no treatment.

When asked about what would have happened if he just waited for rescue, he replied that he would be found dead. Moreover, it would take thirteen men to remove the boulder. With his arm cremated, he scattered the ashes back where they belong.




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