Friday 27 May 2016

Aron Ralston And His Tragic Survivalist Story

By Walter Campbell


During year 2003, a guy named Aron Lee Ralston had a painful accident in Utah and the event was even the inspiration to one of the notable movies released in 2010 called 127 Hours starring James Franco. For five challenging days, a boulder made him unable to escape the Blue John Canyon which led him to have an idea of escaping by amputating the right arm using a very dull pocketknife. He still managed to live even when the thought of it is hard to imagine.

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 in Utah, specifically at eastern Wayne County, where he was able to hike alone last April 26, 2003. What caused him to have a crushed right hand was due to a dislodged boulder when he arrived on a slot canyon. The biggest mistake is he did not give any information to anyone before which he was hiking so not a single person searched for him being stuck there.

He became sort of hopeless while staying there in five days and he slowly ate his two burritos and drank limited water while finding ways to get the arm out of the rock. On its third day, dehydration met his fate and he already got desperate in cutting his right arm. With the tourniquets he had at hand, he did experiments on how to properly cut by amputating a forearm to practice.

On day four, it crossed in his mind to finally do an amputation deep within his bones and he disregarded the fact that he had the worst tools for use. He also forced his self in saving the urine he excretes only to drink it later especially on day five when there was already nothing to eat and drink. He brought a videotape so he used that for bidding goodbyes to the whole family and also managed to carve on walls that indicated his name, date of birth, or assumed date of death.

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 went back to the vehicle but there was no sign of a phone and he had to continue walking under the heat of sun while being injured. There were three people on a family vacation in sight. They even offered some Oreos and water while waiting for the authorities to arrive and help the man.

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.

He said that he might be dead if he only wanted to be rescued. In returning to the site, fact was that thirteen men have to push a boulder. He also scattered ashes of his cremated arm in the area.




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