On April 26th 2003 Ralston, a mountaineer
,set out on a day of adventure in Southeast Utah with on his own and without telling
anyone where he was going. When he was going down a mountain a large 800 pound rock
fell and trapped his right hand against the canyon wall. He had only a litre of
water and no jacket. He was there for five nights which altogether was 127
hours between the rock .When he was there for a couple of hours he shouted for
help but it was deserted and nobody heard him.
He was that desperate he had to cut
off his own arm up to the elbow to save his life because he had a girlfriend
and a daughter waiting back home for him. He had a knife but the knife was to
blunt to cut through the bone. Bit by bit he had to cut chunks of his arm off
and quickly he cut through the nerves so he wouldn't feel anything. This was
just like the story “touching the void” where Joe and Simon where in a life or
death situation.
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