What a survivor!!

Have you heard of Aron Ralston??

He is a mountain climber who one day crushed his arm against a big rock while climbing in Utah in 2003 and was forced to do a one hour surgery on himself to amputate his own arm!!! Are you cringing already??

After spend­ing several days pinned against the rock, he had exhausted all options for freeing his arm, as well as his supply of water. On the fifth day, Aron finally began the procedure he'd been contemplating all along and amputated his right arm. Ooooooooouuuuuuuch!!

Finally freed, Aron was still 8 miles from his truck and he had no mobile phone. He had to rappel down a 65-ft cliff, then hike out of the canyon in the hot sun. Eventually meeting other hikers, Aron was given food and water and rescued by a helicopter search team. Aron was then taken to the hospital for surgery.

He videotaped the horrifying ordeal with his videocam so as not to leave unexplained on what happened. The video also expressed his love for his parents whom he didn't tell that he was going climbing hence no one came looking for him sooner when he went missing.

Now, very much alive, Aron still climbs mountains and is as active as ever. He is a public speaker and the author of his book as well:

His story about survivorship was so inspiring that it's made into a movie...

This Oscar nominated movie depicted by James Franco is all about Aron's adventure; his horrifying ordeal and the amputation of his arm. 

The movie was quite slow initially because he was trapped with the rock and couldn't do anything but towards the end where he freed himself and fought to survive was painful to watch. He was in excruciating pain!!

I just cannot believe this is based on a true story. How one amputate his own arm still remains a mystery to me. I cannot imagine myself to even hurt any part of my body let alone perform surgery on it. But lucky for Aron, he made a smart decision. Because or else, he would have died without food and water and now he survived, got married and had one child =)

This is such an inspiring story of a survivor who fought to live. One thing great was that even after what had happened, it didn't stop him from his climbing activities and he continued to do the things he love and build a family.