once you cut away all the tendons holding the bones together, you can just twist and rip the bone from it's socket.
I can't imagine.... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=1038&e=1&u=/ap/climber_amputation Climber Who Cut Off His Arm Had No Choice GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - The climber who amputated his own arm to free himself from beneath a boulder had no other choice if he wanted to survive, one of his rescuers said Friday. Aron Ralston, 27, of Aspen would have died had he stayed where he was, in remote Blue John Canyon near Canyonlands National Park in southeastern Utah, Emery County sheriff's Sgt. Mitch Vetere told NBC's "Today" show. Ralston, described by authorities as an avid outdoorsman in exceptional physical condition, remained in serious condition Friday at a hospital in Grand Junction, Colo. Vetere said two other rescuers who returned to the canyon in hopes of retrieving the limb discovered that the boulder weighed 1,000 pounds, not the 200 that they first believed. They were unable to retrieve the arm. "If he wouldn't have gotten himself out of that mess," Vetere said, "they wouldn't have seen him from the air." Ralston was hiking Saturday when he became pinned by the boulder. He ran out of water on Tuesday and on Thursday morning, he decided that his survival required drastic action. Using a pocketknife, Ralston cut off his right arm below the elbow and applied a tourniquet and administered first aid. He then rigged anchors, fixed a rope and rappelled 60 feet to the canyon floor. Ralston's expeditions have been known to trigger awe, said Brion After, manager of the Ute Mountaineering store in Aspen where Ralston works. After said Ralston has climbed 49 of Colorado's 14,000-foot-plus mountains. "To be honest, sometimes we get pretty scared with some of the things he's doing," After said. Ralston was found about 3 p.m. Thursday with two other hikers, said Vetere, who did not elaborate on who the other people were or why Ralston was with them. The search had begun in the morning after authorities were notified of his disappearance. Vetere said Ralston described to them what he had done and that he was "obviously tired." His only request was water. The rescuers tried to keep Ralston awake for the 12-minute flight to the hospital in Moab, Utah, by talking to him. He walked into the emergency room on his own. He was flown later to the Grand Junction hospital. "I've never seen anybody who has the will to live and is as much of a warrior as Aron is, and I've been doing this for 25 years, said park ranger Steve Swanke, who was with Ralston in the emergency room. "He is a warrior period."
Half a ton is much more than 200 lbs. That is one crazy mo fo. I wish I was a fraction of the bad ass that dude is.
Do you think that after he go out and had the leverage to move the rock, do you think he got his arm and packed it fo the trip back down, or do you think he set up some flag or something so he could come back and find it? Maybe he was just pissed and he left it there? Was it along the trail? Will other people get to come by to see it?
From the story: "Vetere said two other rescuers who returned to the canyon in hopes of retrieving the limb discovered that the boulder weighed 1,000 pounds, not the 200 that they first believed. They were unable to retrieve the arm."
Ok, so its there? $1,000 to the first cc.neter who can go take a self portrait next to it and post it.
OK, I meant this as a cutting up chicken psuedo-joke for Pole. But, in reality, thsi amazing person probably had a completely shattered and broken arm...so ... you see how it works, right?
Pocketknife - nice survival tool if you need to cut off your arm. Although - a cellular phone could've been better (if coverage). Ouch. I can't even imagine the pain of cutting off your own arm. I would probably not be able to hold the knife even. But I guess in extreme situations you do what you have to.
Those reports are all wrong...he tragically passed away in the parking lot because his car was a standard.
ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!! This guy may be a badass, but this makes him the second climber I've heard of that ended up in a bad way this year. These guys have something a little loose upstairs I think.
so, if this incredible guy gets endorsement deals, who should sign him up: here's mine 1. Nike--"Just Do It" whatever it takes 2. Sprint--the "Do You Hear Me Now" guy walking past while he's pinned under the rock.
Don't want to take anything away from the guy but after 5 days, there probably wasn't much feeling left in the arm.
