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...Once aboard, Ralston asked for water but was remarkably stoic. "He was drained but coherent," says Vetere. "He seemed pretty calm for a guy who had just cut his own arm off." Authorities tried to retrieve the arm later that day, but they had no more luck moving the boulder than Ralston; the rock is said to be big enough to fill the bed of a pickup. Ralston, now hospitalized in serious condition in Grand Junction, Colo., hasn't spoken publicly of his ordeal. His family has issued a statement attributing his survival to Ralston's "strong physical and mental...
...didn't show up for work at a mountaineering store in Aspen, Colo. He told his rescuers he had been hiking and rock climbing alone through the canyon, 40 miles from the nearest paved road and on a trail rarely used by others. But five days earlier, a boulder had crashed down on his right arm, pinning him in a 3-ft.-wide space. Ralston fought hard, but the rock wouldn't budge. By Day 3, he told the rescuers, his water had run out. As Day 5 dawned, Ralston was badly dehydrated and knew he must free himself...
...first unlucky outdoorsman to have to resort to a quickie self-amputation. In 1993 Bill Jeracki cut off one of his legs after becoming trapped under a boulder in Colorado during a fishing trip. "I cut through the knee joint like you separate your chicken," he says. "It's all soft tissue. It took maybe 15 or 30 minutes." But Jeracki is stunned that Ralston endured days of pain. Jeracki didn't expect to make it through the night; he waited only three hours before slicing himself...
...obviously one tough guy." SGT. MITCH VETERE, Utah policeman, on mountaineer Aron Rolston, who, after being pinned down by a boulder for five days, cut off his arm with a pocket knife and hiked to safety
...reluctant networker is grateful for the affirmation. But she surely doesn't need it. Ryan and her husband, a stay-at-home dad, decamped with their children to Boulder, Colo., in 2001. Last year she gave birth to their fifth child, Darrien. He has already joined his mother on a dozen business trips. Now that's a born networker...