Why He ✂️ Cut-off His Own Hand

In 2003, Aron Ralston became trapped in a canyon in Utah when a rock pinned his hand to the wall. He eventually resorted to cutting his arm off and was later rescued.In 2003, Aron Ralston became trapped in a remote slot canyon in Utah when an 800-pound boulder shifted and pinned his right hand to the canyon wall.

Alone, with no cell service and little food or water, he spent five days trying to free himself, rationing sips of water and even carving his name and the date of death he expected into the rock.Facing certain death, Ralston made the unthinkable decision: he broke the bones in his arm and amputated it with a dull multi-tool.

Severely weakened but alive, he rappelled down a 65-foot drop and hiked several miles before encountering a family who alerted rescuers. The ordeal became one of the most famous survival stories in modern history, later inspiring the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place and the film 127 Hours.