Aron Ralston — Transcript

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1. 0:07my name is aaron ralston i come from
2. 0:10colorado
3. 0:11[Music]
4. 0:12i gallivant these craggy lands like a
5. 0:15reckless desperado
6. 0:18i'd given up the normal things security
7. 0:21career
8. 0:23to be a desert wanderer and a solo
9. 0:26mountaineer
10. 0:28i've purposefully courted death it was
11. 0:31part of my plan
12. 0:33the goal is not the mountain peak but to
13. 0:37improve the man
14. 0:39pursuing thrills and challenges after
15. 0:42many a brush with death
16. 0:45yes there have been many times i thought
17. 0:48i might be taking my last breath
18. 0:53i've lived through storms and avalanches
19. 0:55often times alone
20. 0:58i'd enjoyed the luck of an irishman no
21. 1:01major broken bones
22. 1:04and when the crisis passed away i went
23. 1:06back to what i do
24. 1:07[Music]
25. 1:09i've learned many and many lessons but
26. 1:12perhaps i've missed a few
27. 1:15in april of 2003 i was canyoning alone
28. 1:20in blue john canyon utah
29. 1:23a slot canyon of sandstone
30. 1:27nobody else knew where i was just
31. 1:29somewhere in utah
32. 1:32my self-reliant arrogance
33. 1:36almost a fatal flaw
34. 1:40[Music]
35. 1:46i was descending casually then to my
36. 1:48shock and alarm
37. 1:51i knocked a giant chalk stone loosen it
38. 1:53pinned my right arm
39. 1:56the rocket weighed 800 pounds it was
40. 1:58wedged against the wall
41. 2:01my right hand smashed between the two my
42. 2:03chances they looked small
43. 2:05[Applause]
44. 2:06i had but a pint of water left and very
45. 2:09little food
46. 2:12a couple of
47. 2:13burritos
48. 2:14and my own fortitude
49. 2:18the boulder wouldn't budge an inch
50. 2:19though i tried and tried and tried
51. 2:23if only i'd been sisyphus and could roll
52. 2:26it up the side
53. 2:29[Music]
54. 2:34i knew i had but days to live if i could
55. 2:36not get free
56. 2:39hypothermia was possible but my chief
57. 2:42enemies
58. 2:44were thirst and dehydration they would
59. 2:46probably do me in
60. 2:49i'd fight my fate up to my death but
61. 2:51where could i begin
62. 2:54i tried to chip the rock away with my
63. 2:56cheap multi-tool
64. 2:58[Music]
65. 2:59it only made the knife blade dull
66. 3:02which later would prove cruel
67. 3:05i finally realized my last chance was to
68. 3:07amputate my arm
69. 3:10but my knife could never cut the bone
70. 3:13i realized with alarm
71. 3:17[Music]
72. 3:23on the fifth day i had no food likewise
73. 3:26my water gone
74. 3:28i knew that i would perish soon but my
75. 3:31will to live was strong
76. 3:34desperate i decided to drink my own
77. 3:36liquid waste
78. 3:38i did manage to gag it down but it was a
79. 3:41bitter taste
80. 3:43i knew i must cut off my arm no other
81. 3:46choice was left
82. 3:48desperation has a cruel logic
83. 3:52when you're faced with death
84. 3:54i knew that i might bleed to death in
85. 3:57fact the odds were high
86. 4:00i carved my own epitaph
87. 4:03on the rock while standing nigh
88. 4:06[Music]
89. 4:11i fashioned a rough tourniquet webbing
90. 4:13and carabiners
91. 4:16conditions were quite primitive in my
92. 4:18surgical arena
93. 4:21i cut away the flesh and tendons it was
94. 4:24painful work
95. 4:26i snapped my radius and ulna just using
96. 4:29strength and torque
97. 4:31i was borderline delirious but there
98. 4:34arose in me
99. 4:36a violent exultation
100. 4:39for i was finally free
101. 4:42i crawled out of the canyon goodbye my
102. 4:45would-be tone
103. 4:48propelling down a long shear cliff
104. 4:52i began my long trek home
105. 4:56[Music]
106. 5:24you