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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.
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.
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...
5 days ago · 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.
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...
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.
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.
Aron Ralston is a speaker, adventurer, and wilderness advocate known for his self-amputation and rescue from Utah's Blue John Canyon.
Aron Ralston’s affinity for wilderness and adventure photography began on road trips with his family to the western National Parks, and blossomed during his early climbs of Colorado’s Fourteeners (both in summer and in winter).
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...
