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Madtowntripper
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Colorado Climber Amputes His OWN Arm.
#1514318 - 05/02/03 08:57 AM (21 years, 23 days ago) |
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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.
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Re: Colorado Climber Amputes His OWN Arm. [Re: Madtowntripper]
#1514327 - 05/02/03 09:01 AM (21 years, 23 days ago) |
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W W! that guy must have a really high pain tolerance!
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stefan
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probably not, just the desire not to die! if he did't do that no one would find him and he would have died
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Madtowntripper
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Re: Colorado Climber Amputes His OWN Arm. [Re: stefan]
#1514346 - 05/02/03 09:13 AM (21 years, 23 days ago) |
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Fuck me though...Cut off your own fucking arm? With a pocketknife? I dont think I could fucking do it man...And then rapelling down the mountian?
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Re: Colorado Climber Amputes His OWN Arm. [Re: Madtowntripper]
#1514457 - 05/02/03 10:02 AM (21 years, 23 days ago) |
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I don't think I could do it either, but people tent to act very strange in life threathening situations
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Re: Colorado Climber Amputes His OWN Arm. [Re: Madtowntripper]
#1514618 - 05/02/03 11:13 AM (21 years, 22 days ago) |
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what a bad motherfucker.
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Adom
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Re: Colorado Climber Amputes His OWN Arm. [Re: ]
#1514914 - 05/02/03 01:16 PM (21 years, 22 days ago) |
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This dude has some very large balls, my god!
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Re: Colorado Climber Amputes His OWN Arm. [Re: Adom]
#1516059 - 05/02/03 09:15 PM (21 years, 22 days ago) |
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I hope for his sake he never gets them trapped under a very large rock.
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Re: Colorado Climber Amputes His OWN Arm. [Re: Baby_Hitler]
#1517329 - 05/03/03 10:10 AM (21 years, 22 days ago) |
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hahahahha, fucker made me laugh out loud, I'm supposed to be being quiet, damnit
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