What 127 Hours Got Wrong: The Aron Ralston Tragedy — Transcript

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1. 0:00my name is eron
2. 0:02Ralston my parents are Donald and Larry
3. 0:05Ralston of Englewood Colorado whoever
4. 0:07finds this please make an attempt to get
5. 0:10it to
6. 0:10them be sure of it we appreciate
7. 0:17it in April of 2003 Aaron Ralston got
8. 0:21his right arm trapped by a massive half
9. 0:23ton Boulder in Utah's blue John Canyon
10. 0:26Way out in the middle of nowhere
11. 0:30he was all by himself with no phone no
12. 0:33radio hardly any food or gear and even
13. 0:36worse nobody knew he was out there stuck
14. 0:40badly hurt and at the mercy of the
15. 0:42unforgiving Desert weather if
16. 0:44hypothermia didn't kill him that very
17. 0:46night it would be dehydration hunger or
18. 0:49infection in a couple of days his time
19. 0:52was running short but Against All Odds
20. 0:55he made it out he would be forced to do
21. 0:57something impossible to imagine I would
22. 0:59never do something like that I felt the
23. 1:01worst pain that I will ever
24. 1:03experience he went against every
25. 1:06instinct to preserve himself and did the
26. 1:08unthinkable saw off his own arm with a
27. 1:12puny dull multi-tool knife in
28. 1:17agony in 2010 legendary British
29. 1:20filmmaker Danny Bole decided to bring
30. 1:23his story to the big screen with the
31. 1:25Oscar winning movie 127
32. 1:28Hours despite the movies Global success
33. 1:31it took some liberties with Aaron's
34. 1:32actual experience could it be because
35. 1:35the truth was too Grim for Hollywood
36. 1:37today we're revealing all the secrets
37. 1:39that didn't make it into the movie so
38. 1:41you get the real deal about the 127
39. 1:44Hours Aaron spent trapped in the
40. 1:47desert how many times did Aaron attempt
41. 1:50to hack off his arm was he really
42. 1:52grinning after breaking his bones and
43. 1:55did the hallucinations in the movie
44. 1:57actually happen
45. 2:01on the morning of his heroine ordeal
46. 2:03Aaron was supposed to go mountain
47. 2:04climbing with some friends but they
48. 2:06bailed at the last minute so he decided
49. 2:09to head to the desert on a whim thinking
50. 2:11it would be just a short trip he didn't
51. 2:13pack much water or food Aaron wasn't
52. 2:15sure where exactly in the desert he was
53. 2:17heading so he left a note for his
54. 2:19roommates saying Utah once he arrived he
55. 2:22came across two lost hikers and here's
56. 2:25where reality and the movie take
57. 2:27different paths Aaron Rec s helping the
58. 2:30two women find their way and showing
59. 2:32them some basic climbing techniques but
60. 2:34he never went swimming with them and
61. 2:36they never invited him to a party that
62. 2:38night he admitted feeling uneasy about
63. 2:40that scene but understood it was meant
64. 2:42to help the audience connect with the
65. 2:43character authentically he was about 11
66. 2:46km into his hike when he stumbled upon a
67. 2:48beautiful crevice roughly 1 M wide he
68. 2:51decided to venture down into it but a
69. 2:53round Boulder blocked his path he
70. 2:56figured he could use it to help support
71. 2:57his weight on his descent
72. 3:00he kicked the rock to test its stability
73. 3:02which seemed solid but as soon as he
74. 3:04grabbed it it came loose sending him
75. 3:14plummeting the pain was
76. 3:17excruciating in the movie Aaron appears
77. 3:20puzzled but keeps his cool as he stares
78. 3:22at his trapped arm but in reality he
79. 3:25admits he flew into a rage cursing like
80. 3:28a pirate for nearly an hour afterward he
81. 3:32felt drained and parched his 3 l water
82. 3:34bladder was empty but he still had a 1 L
83. 3:37bottle in his backpack without
84. 3:39hesitation he reached for it and took
85. 3:42three big swallows only then realizing
86. 3:45it was his last water Reserve so he took
87. 3:48stock of his supplies he had about 600
88. 3:51mL of water left some snacks a bunch of
89. 3:54climbing ropes his video camera LED
90. 3:57headlamps and a cheap multi-tool his
91. 4:00first thought was to use the knife in
92. 4:02his multitool to chip away at the
93. 4:03boulder but after hours of scraping he
94. 4:06realized it was a lost cause he was
95. 4:09trapped facing the risk of ganging
96. 4:12starvation and even the danger of being
97. 4:14drowned by a flash blood that same night
98. 4:18for the first time the idea crossed his
99. 4:21mind he might have to amputate his arm
100. 4:24though he resisted the thought
101. 4:26fiercely but there was a more immediate
102. 4:28concern his legs were exhausted and he
103. 4:32needed to conserve as much energy as
104. 4:34possible so ingeniously he fashioned a
105. 4:37seat using his climbing
106. 4:44ropes according to the movie Aaron
107. 4:46experiences a hallucination where he
108. 4:48imagines being at the party the two
109. 4:51hiker girls invited him
110. 4:52to but the harsh reality was that
111. 4:56morning he was contemplating the best
112. 4:58way to meet his end
113. 5:00thankfully he quickly snapped out of it
114. 5:03focusing instead on Survival so he got
115. 5:06down to business and attempted to
116. 5:08recreate a pulley system he'd used as a
117. 5:10search and rescue volunteer using his
118. 5:12climbing ropes it worked but the ropes
119. 5:15lacked the necessary tension to budge
120. 5:17The Rock and he didn't have the strength
121. 5:20either after toiling for hours to no
122. 5:23avail he began seriously considering
123. 5:26amputating his arm but he couldn't bring
124. 5:28himself to do it
125. 5:30as depicted in the movie this was the
126. 5:33day he recorded his Farewell
127. 5:35message my name is Aaron Roston my
128. 5:38parents are Donald and Larry rollston of
129. 5:40Englewood Colorado whoever finds this
130. 5:43please make an attempt to get it to them
131. 5:47be sure of it I would appreciate
132. 5:50it the next day Aaron improvised a
133. 5:53tourit using parts of the neoprene
134. 5:55insulation from his camel back he tried
135. 5:58to slice his skin but the blade just
136. 6:00wasn't sharp Enough by this point he had
137. 6:04only 150 mL of water left so he decided
138. 6:07to store his urine in the Camelback
139. 6:09bladder in case he might need it later
140. 6:12drinking urine can be dangerous it can
141. 6:14lead to kidney failure making for an
142. 6:17even more agonizing demise according to
143. 6:20the movie Aaron experiences a
144. 6:22hallucination of a flash flood that day
145. 6:25in the scene his Elation at getting
146. 6:27rainwater is quickly overshadowed by the
147. 6:30fear of drowning eventually he harnesses
148. 6:33the power of the water to lift the Rock
149. 6:36and free himself but in reality Aaron
150. 6:39never had such a hallucination or faced
151. 6:41a flash flood even though they're a
152. 6:43common threat in the
153. 6:47area good morning everyone in the movie
154. 6:51Aaron uses his camera to record segments
155. 6:53of a radio show to keep his mind
156. 6:55occupied
157. 6:57for but in reality he uses it to record
158. 7:01messages for his family as he later
159. 7:03revealed what kept Him going was the
160. 7:05thought of his family his parents and
161. 7:07his sister Sonia he only showed the
162. 7:10tapes to his mom and assured her they
163. 7:12would never be made public on this day
164. 7:15he summoned his courage and stabbed into
165. 7:17his forearm surprisingly he noticed
166. 7:20hardly any pain so he continued digging
167. 7:23with the blade until he reached his bone
168. 7:25feeling its vibrations but he had to
169. 7:28stop he he was out of water and losing
170. 7:34energy after over 24 hours without water
171. 7:37and still unable to make up his mind
172. 7:40about amputation Aaron recorded his last
173. 7:43will that same night he predicted that
174. 7:45he'd die the next day so he carved his
175. 7:49Tombstone into the wall and tried to get
176. 7:52some
177. 7:53sleep as depicted in the movie he
178. 7:55experienced a hallucination of a young
179. 7:58boy playing with him in the vision his
180. 8:00right arm is amputated yet he seems
181. 8:03happy carrying the child on his left arm
182. 8:06he had a feeling it was his future son
183. 8:09he knew he was going to
184. 8:13survive the following morning the
185. 8:15excitement of the hallucination had
186. 8:17faded once again he was resigned to the
187. 8:21idea of
188. 8:22death by pure chance he grazed his right
189. 8:25thumb with the blade and realized that
190. 8:27his skin peeled off effort
191. 8:30LLY he could slice through it like
192. 8:32butter his arm was just a carcass in
193. 8:35disgust he began thrashed his body then
194. 8:39it hit him he could break his bones and
195. 8:42slice through the skin using the torque
196. 8:45from his trapped arm he started
197. 8:47contorting his body until he fractured
198. 8:49his Ona and radius
199. 8:52bones believe it or not he was
200. 8:55overwhelmed with
201. 8:57joy he even insisted that Danny boil
202. 9:00show him grinning in the
203. 9:02scene next using his Camel Back tube as
204. 9:05a tourniquet he took his blade and began
205. 9:08slicing through his
206. 9:10flesh and then I was looking at the the
207. 9:13nerve and I had to take the knife and
208. 9:16pry it up and even just when I touched
209. 9:18it it burned all the way up up my arm
210. 9:21and and I took it again and I plucked it
211. 9:24up and that that fire sensation
212. 9:28redoubled and went all the way up to my
213. 9:29shoulder but I knew that that was the
214. 9:31hard part the agonizing procedure lasted
215. 9:34for about an hour finally he was free
216. 9:38boom and I wasn't even attached anymore
217. 9:40and I fell down like this and I I
218. 9:44I I was
219. 9:46free it was was the happiest moment of
220. 9:51my life he had estimated it would take
221. 9:53him about 10 hours to seek assistance so
222. 9:56he set off dehydrated and exhausted and
223. 10:00bleeding out Aaron still managed to
224. 10:02repel down a 20 M wall and Trek
225. 10:05approximately 10 km by a miracle he
226. 10:09spotted a family of Dutch tourists in
227. 10:11the distance and screamed for their
228. 10:13attention they gave him food and water
229. 10:15and sought help fortunately a rescue
230. 10:19crew was already scouring the area for
231. 10:21him luckily Aaron's mom had already
232. 10:24alerted the police that he was missing
233. 10:26they traced his credit card to a store
234. 10:28near Blue John Canyon finally 4 hours
235. 10:32after amputating his arm Aaron received
236. 10:35the medical attention he desperately
237. 10:37needed despite Aaron's incredible
238. 10:39bravery courage and endurance venturing
239. 10:42into the wild is no
240. 10:44joke it's crucial to go with experienced
241. 10:47guides have proper equipment and always
242. 10:50inform people of your whereabouts Aaron
243. 10:53lived to see the vision of his child
244. 10:55come to life now he's a happy father
245. 10:58best-selling author and and public
246. 10:59speaker he still likes to explore the
247. 11:02Wilderness just a little more cautiously
248. 11:05unfortunately not all adventurers return
249. 11:07to share their stories in 2021 cave
250. 11:11explorers ventured into the deepest cave
251. 11:13on Earth only to stumble upon a grim
252. 11:15sight a lifeless body hanging from his
253. 11:18ropes with no explanation as to how he
254. 11:21ended up there want to hear the full
255. 11:22story check it out right here on how to
256. 11:25survive