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Aron Ralston Biography

Aron Lee Ralston (born October 27, 1975) is an American outdoorsman, mechanical engineer and motivational speaker known for having survived a canyoneering accident in southeastern Utah in 2003 during which he amputated his own right forearm with a dull pocketknife in order to free himself from a dislodged boulder which had him trapped in Blue John Canyon for five 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.

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What you're looking at there is my arm, going into the rock. . . and there it is - stuck. It's been without circulation for 24 hours. It's pretty well gone.

Circulation, Gone, Hands, Rock, Rocks

A crystalline moment shatters, and the world is a different place. Where there was confinement, now there is release. Recoiling from my sudden liberation, my left arm flings downcanyon, opening my shoulders to the south, and I fall back against the northern wall of the canyon, my mind is surfing on euphoria. As I stare at the wall where not twelve hours ago I etched “RIP OCT 75 ARON APR 03,” a voice shouts in my head: I AM FREE!

Arm, Fall, Left, Recoiling, Rip, Wall

When we find inspiration, we need to take action for ourselves and for our communities. Even if it means making a hard choice, or cutting out something and leaving it in your past.

Cutting, Hard, Inspiration, Leaving, Mean

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon,for each day to have a new and different sun.

Adventure, Changing, Conservatism, Life, Passion, Reality

I stepped out of my grave and into my life again.

Grave, Graves, Life, Stepped

Everything happens for a reason, and part of that beauty of life is that we're not allowed to know those reasons for certain.

Beauty, Beauty Of Life, Everything Happens For A Reason, Know, Life Is, Reasons

I was accustomed to being in far, far riskier environments. So I thought going into that canyon was a walk in the park - there were no avalanches, it was a beautiful day and I was essentially just walking.

Avalanches, Beautiful, Parks, Riskier, Walking

I kind of entered a flow state. I've been there before while climbing. You are not thinking ahead. You are just thinking about what is in front of you each second.

Ahead, Climbing, Flow, Thinking

Bring love and peace and happiness and beautiful lives into the world in my honor. Thank you. Love you.

Beautiful, Bring, Honor, Lives, Love You, Thank You

It adds up, but I deem it all necessary, even the camera gear. I enjoy photographing the otherworldly colors and shapes presented in the convoluted depths of slot canyons and the prehistoric artwork preserved in their alcoves.

Alcoves, Cameras, Color, Deem, Depth, Gear

It's me. I chose this. I chose all of this — this rock has been waiting for me my entire life. I’ve been moving towards it my whole life.

Chose, Letting Go, Life, Moving, Rocks, Waiting

When I climb a fourteener, a 14,000-foot
4,260-meter peak, in the winter by myself, I leave an itinerary and information about where my vehicle will be parked and the name of the county sheriff to contact in case I don't get home.

Case, Fourteener, Home, Names, Vehicle, Winter

Judging by my degradation in the last 24 hours, I'll be surprised if I make it to Tuesday.

Aggravation, Judging, Make, Tuesday

Adversity is the source of our deepest growth and greatest blessings; embrace it, dare to seek it.

Adversity, Blessing, Deepest, Embrace, Growth, Inspirational

Indeed, it has affirmed my belief that our purpose as spiritual beings is to follow our bliss, seek our passions, and live our lives as inspirations to each other.

Inspiration, Inspirations, Passion, Passions, Seek, Spiritual

Perhaps it’s time, I muse, to close those chapters and remember the enduring lesson of my entrapment: that relationships, not accomplishments, are what’s important in life.

Accomplishment, Important, Lessons, Relationships, Time, Whats

May your boulders be your blessings. May you be able to embrace them. And may you find what's extraordinary in yourself.

Blessing, Boulders, Embrace, Extraordinary, May

I'd fallen in love with a woman but she broke up with me and I was devastated. Six months later, I went into a suicidal depression from the break-up of the relationship, but I resolved to not do what my friends had done. And so I reached out for help

Broke, Devastated, Resolved, Six Months, Suicidal, Suicide