Aron Ralston Realjnoe Video

Notable work Spouse(s) Jessica Trusty (2009–2012) Partner(s) Vita Shannon (2012–2013) Children 2 Aron Lee Ralston (born October 27, 1975) is an, and known for having survived a accident in southeastern in 2003 during which he his own right forearm with a dull pocketknife in order to free himself from a dislodged boulder which had him trapped in for six days. After he freed himself, he had to make his way through the remainder of the canyon, then rappel down a 65-foot (20 m) sheer cliff face in order to reach safety. The incident is documented in Ralston's autobiography and is the subject of the 2010 film where he is portrayed. Aron Ralston, standing on in February 2003. Aron Ralston was born on October 27, 1975 in. He and his family moved to when he was 12.

He is a 1993 graduate of Cherry Creek High School in Greenwood Village,. He received his college degree from in, finishing with degrees in mechanical engineering and, with a minor in. At Carnegie Mellon, he served as a resident assistant, studied abroad, and was an active participant.

Ralston was asked in an interview if he would ever make his footage public, and while he understood the intrigue and interest behind the concept, he politely declined, stating that it was a private, personal video made for his family and friends and that he intended for it to remain that way.

He left his job as a mechanical engineer with in,, in 2002 and moved to in order to pursue a life of climbing mountains. He had the goal of climbing all of Colorado's ' — peaks over 14,000 feet (4,270 m) altitude, of which there are 59 — solo and during winter (a feat that had never been recorded before). He subsequently achieved this goal in 2005. In 2003, Ralston was caught in a Grade 5 on Resolution Peak, Colorado with his partners Mark Beverly and Chadwick Spencer. No one was seriously injured. In August 2009, Ralston married Jessica Trusty.

Their first child was born in February 2010. Accident [ ] On April 26, 2003, Aron Ralston was hiking alone through, in eastern,, just south of the unit of. Mp3 music free download.

While he was descending a, a suspended boulder became dislodged while he was climbing down from it. The rock smashed his left hand, and then crushed his right hand against the canyon wall. Ralston had not informed anyone of his hiking plans, nor did he have any way to call for help. Assuming that he would die without intervention, he spent five days slowly sipping his small amount of remaining water, approximately 350 ml (12 imp fl oz), and slowly eating his small amount of food, two, while repeatedly trying to extricate his arm. His efforts were futile as he was unable to free his arm from the 800 lb (360 kg) chockstone. After three days of trying to lift and break the boulder, the and Ralston prepared to his trapped arm at a point on the mid- in order to escape.

After having experimented with and having made exploratory superficial cuts to his forearm, he realized, on the fourth day, that in order to free his arm he would have to cut through the bones in it, but the tools available were insufficient to do so. After running out of food and water on the fifth day, Ralston decided to. He carved his name, date of birth and presumed date of death into the sandstone canyon wall, and videotaped his last goodbyes to his family. He did not expect to survive the night. After waking at dawn the following day he discovered that his arm had begun to due to the lack of circulation.

Ralston then had an that he could break his and bones using against his trapped arm. He did so, then amputated his forearm with his, using the dull two-inch knife, which lasted about one hour. The manufacturer of the tool was never named, but Ralston said 'it was not a but what you'd get if you bought a $15 flashlight and got a free.' After freeing himself, Ralston climbed out of the slot canyon in which he had been trapped, down a 65-foot (20 m) sheer wall, then hiked out of the canyon, all one-handed. He was 8 miles (13 km) from his vehicle, and had no phone.

However, while hiking out of the canyon, he encountered a family on vacation from the, Eric and Monique Meijer and their son Andy, who gave him food and water and hurried to alert the authorities. Ralston had feared he would bleed to death; he had lost 40 pounds (18 kg), including 25% of his blood volume. Rescuers searching for Ralston, alerted by his family that he was missing, had narrowed the search down to Canyonlands and flew by in their helicopter. He was rescued four hours after amputating his arm.