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. Aron Ralston Read Quote
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. Aron Ralston Read Quote
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. Aron Ralston Read Quote
Bring love and peace and happiness and beautiful lives into the world in my honor. Thank you. Love you. Aron Ralston Read Quote
Judging by my degradation in the last 24 hours, I’ll be surprised if I make it to Tuesday. Aron Ralston Read Quote
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. Aron Ralston Read Quote
If you want someone to show up and help you if something bad happens, you’d better tell someone where you’re going. And of course I wanted someone to know – but I’d made a choice and it was a choice I was going to have to live with. Aron Ralston Read Quote
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. Aron Ralston Read Quote
