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This week Tori tells the incredible survival story of Aron Ralston. In April of 2003, Aron went for a canyoneering trip in Bluejohn Canyon in Utah and while there, an almost 800 pound boulder dislodged and trapped Aron's right arm against the canyon wall. During the next 127 hours, Aron worked up the courage to do what most wouldn't be able to: sever his own arm in order to be free. Content warning: self mutilation, amputation, blood, bodily injury. Please listen with care.Thanks to this week's sources: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_Ralston

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denali

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteener

https://old.post-gazette.com/nation/20030509climbernat2.asp

https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/aron-ralston-between-rock-and-hardest-place/

https://www.aspentimes.com/news/ralston-released-from-the-hospital/#:~:text=Aspen%20Times%20Staff%20Report&text=Ralston%2C%2027%2C%20spent%20more%20than,been%20trapped%20nearly%20six%20days.