He Cut Off His Own Arm to Survive ( The Aron Ralston Story)😨 — Transcript

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1. 0:00Everyone is welcome to my YouTube
2. 0:02channel. Today we are going to talk
3. 0:04about the accident that happened to a
4. 0:06man named Aaron Rston. Let's go to the
5. 0:09video. Aaron Rston was a 27-year-old
6. 0:12outdoor enthusiast, mountaineer, and
7. 0:14mechanical engineer. He had a passion
8. 0:16for exploring the wilderness, often
9. 0:18embarking on solo hiking and climbing
10. 0:20trips. By the time of the accident, he
11. 0:23had already quit his job to focus on his
12. 0:25dream of climbing all Colorado's 14,000
13. 0:28ft peaks alone. On April 26th, 2003,
14. 0:32Rston set out for a solo adventure in
15. 0:34Utah's Canyon Lands National Park, a
16. 0:36remote and rugged area filled with
17. 0:38narrow canyons. His destination was Blue
18. 0:41John Canyon, a slot canyon known for its
19. 0:43beautiful but dangerous terrain.
20. 0:45Rostston was wellprepared for a typical
21. 0:47hike, but made one crucial mistake. He
22. 0:49didn't tell anyone where he was going.
23. 0:52This would prove to be a
24. 0:53life-threatening decision. As he
25. 0:55explored the narrow canyon, a massive
26. 0:57800-lb boulder suddenly shifted while he
27. 1:00was climbing down a rock formation. The
28. 1:02boulder pinned his right arm against the
29. 1:04canyon wall, trapping him in place. At
30. 1:07first, Rolston remained calm and tried
31. 1:09everything to free himself. He attempted
32. 1:12to move the boulder by pushing and
33. 1:13chipping at it with his cheap, dull
34. 1:15multi-tool knife, but it was completely
35. 1:17immovable. As the hours turned into
36. 1:19days, his food and water supplies
37. 1:21started to run out, and his chances of
38. 1:23survival grew slim.
39. 1:25For five excruciating days, 127 hours,
40. 1:28Rston remained trapped in the canyon,
41. 1:30enduring freezing temperatures at night
42. 1:32and scorching heat during the day. He
43. 1:34had only one burrito, a bit of water,
44. 1:36and some candy bars. When his water ran
45. 1:39out, he drank his own urine to stay
46. 1:41hydrated. He screamed for help, but
47. 1:44being in a remote canyon, no one could
48. 1:46hear him. He tried using his climbing
49. 1:48gear to lift the boulder, but it
50. 1:50wouldn't budge. As time passed, he
51. 1:52accepted that he might die there. He
52. 1:55recorded farewell messages to his family
53. 1:57using his camera and carved his name,
54. 1:59birth date, and the expected date of his
55. 2:01death into the rock.
56. 2:05My name's Arin
57. 2:07Rston. My parents are Don and Larry
58. 2:10Rston of Englewood,
59. 2:12Colorado. Whoever finds this, please
60. 2:15make an attempt to get it to them.
61. 2:20be sure of it. I would appreciate it.
62. 2:23By the sixth day, Rston realized he had
63. 2:25only one way to survive. He had to cut
64. 2:27off his own arm. He had already
65. 2:30attempted it before, but the knife was
66. 2:32too dull to cut through bone. That's
67. 2:34when he had a realization he could break
68. 2:36his bones first. Using force against the
69. 2:39rock, he snapped both the radius and
70. 2:41bones in his right arm. Then using his
71. 2:44cheap dull multi-tool, he slowly soared
72. 2:46through his muscle, tendons, and nerves,
73. 2:48the most agonizing part. The most
74. 2:51painful moment came when he had to cut
75. 2:53through the main nerve, sending a shock
76. 2:55wave of pain through his body. Finally,
77. 2:58after about 1 hour, he completely freed
78. 3:00himself, but he was still deep in the
79. 3:01canyon, far from rescue. Now, onearmed
80. 3:04and bleeding, Rston knew he had only a
81. 3:07short time before he bled to death. He
82. 3:09wrapped his arm in a makeshift
83. 3:11tourniquet and climbed out of the
84. 3:12canyon. Repelled down a 65 ft drop
85. 3:16one-handed, hike over 6 milesi in the
86. 3:18desert heat with severe blood loss and
87. 3:21dehydration. After hours of walking, he
88. 3:23encountered a family of hikers who
89. 3:25immediately gave him water and called
90. 3:26for help. A rescue helicopter soon
91. 3:29arrived and he was eleed to safety.
92. 3:32Doctors were amazed that he had
93. 3:33survived. His quick thinking and
94. 3:36determination saved his life. He lost
95. 3:38his right arm but gained a new
96. 3:40perspective on life. Rston later wrote a
97. 3:43book about his experience between a rock
98. 3:45and a hard place which became the basis
99. 3:47for the 2010 film 127 hours starring
100. 3:49James Franco. Today Rston is a
101. 3:52motivational speaker inspiring people
102. 3:54worldwide with his story of resilience,
103. 3:56survival, and the power of the human
104. 3:58will. Despite losing his arm, he
105. 4:01continues to climb mountains and live
106. 4:03life to the fullest. His story remains
107. 4:05one of the most incredible survival
108. 4:07tales ever recorded, proving that the
109. 4:09human spirit is capable of overcoming
110. 4:11even the most impossible challenges.