Aron Ralston: cut off his own Hand to Survive — Transcript

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1. 0:00[Music]
2. 0:24ever wondered how far your survival
3. 0:25instincts can push you when faced with
4. 0:27death Our Story begins with Aon Rolston
5. 0:31a seasoned Adventurer and solo hiker
6. 0:34embarking on what he thought was just
7. 0:35another routine trip through the
8. 0:37breathtaking Canyons of Utah unbeknownst
9. 0:41to him this journey would prove to be
10. 0:42anything but ordinary as he navigated
11. 0:45the rugged terrain a boulder dislodged
12. 0:47by his passing trapped his arm against
13. 0:49the canyon wall in a heartbeat rolston's
14. 0:52leisurely hike turned into a nightmare
15. 0:55with him as the solitary prisoner of
16. 0:56this desolate Canyon his shouts for help
17. 1:00reverberated off the canyon walls
18. 1:02returning to him as Echoes a stark
19. 1:04reminder of his isolation with dwindling
20. 1:07supplies and the harsh elements of the
21. 1:09desert bearing down on him the severity
22. 1:12of his situation became painfully clear
23. 1:15as the hours turned into days Rolston
24. 1:17found himself in a Race Against Time
25. 1:20battling dehydration hunger and despair
26. 1:24what would you do when faced with the
27. 1:25ultimate test of
28. 1:27survival as Aaron Rolston found himself
29. 1:30trapped in the unforgiving Embrace of
30. 1:32the Utah Canyons he was confronted with
31. 1:34that very question with his arm wedged
32. 1:37beneath an immovable Boulder every tick
33. 1:39of the clock marked A desperate attempt
34. 1:41to wrench himself free the once vibrant
35. 1:44Echoes of Adventure were now replaced
36. 1:46with the haunting Silence of his
37. 1:47solitary predicament his Provisions were
38. 1:50dwindling yet the boulder remained
39. 1:52indifferent to his
40. 1:53plight as the days turned into nights
41. 1:56the harsh reality of his situation began
42. 1:58to Dawn on him
43. 2:00he was alone miles away from the nearest
44. 2:03soul and his chances of survival were
45. 2:06rapidly
46. 2:07decreasing in the face of such despair
47. 2:09Rolston found himself pondering a
48. 2:11decision no human should ever have to
49. 2:13make with a dull pocket knife as his
50. 2:15only tool he considered the unthinkable
51. 2:19to amputate his own
52. 2:20arm this was not a decision made lightly
53. 2:23but an agonizing Choice borne from the
54. 2:25Primal instinct to
55. 2:27survive imagine the sheer determination
56. 2:30the grit the unyielding willpower it
57. 2:33took for Rolston to carry out this
58. 2:35harrowing task each painstaking cut was
59. 2:38a testament to his resolve a painful
60. 2:40step towards the precious gift of life
61. 2:44in the face of unimaginable pain Rolston
62. 2:46made the hard choice between his arm and
63. 2:48his life it's a testament to The
64. 2:51Incredible strength of the human spirit
65. 2:53and a reminder that sometimes survival
66. 2:55requires the most grueling of decisions
67. 2:58how far can the human Spirit go to fight
68. 3:00for
69. 3:01survival in the heart of the canyon
70. 3:03Aaron Rolston found his answer with a
71. 3:07dull blade and sheer determination he
72. 3:09did the unthinkable a grueling
73. 3:10self-amputation he severed his own arm
74. 3:13that was trapped by an unyielding
75. 3:15Boulder to reclaim his freedom the pain
76. 3:18was unimaginable the ACT Unthinkable but
77. 3:21it was a choice between life and certain
78. 3:23death having freed himself from the
79. 3:25Stone's cold grasp rolston's ordeal was
80. 3:28far from over he had to get out he had
81. 3:30to survive and so with a makeshift
82. 3:32tourniquet and the very last ounces of
83. 3:34his strength he embarked on an 8mile
84. 3:37Journey out of the desolate Canyon
85. 3:39Rolston found himself in a Race Against
86. 3:41Time and the elements each step was a
87. 3:44Triumph a testament to the indomitable
88. 3:46Spirit of humanity his will to live
89. 3:49overpowered his physical Agony and he
90. 3:51pressed on his salvation came in the
91. 3:54form of a family of hikers they came
92. 3:56across Rolston gaunt and desperate but
93. 3:59alive
94. 4:00they alerted the authorities and soon
95. 4:02the sound of helicopter blades cutting
96. 4:04through the air marked the end of his
97. 4:06solitary struggle he was rescued he was
98. 4:09safe ralston's harrowing story is a
99. 4:12testament to the strength of human will
100. 4:14showing us that sometimes survival
101. 4:16requires Unthinkable
102. 4:26[Music]
103. 4:28sacrifices