127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (43 page)

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Authors: Aron Ralston

Tags: #Rock climbing accidents, #Hiking, #Bluejohn Canyon, #Utah, #Travel, #Adventurers & Explorers, #Essays & Travelogues, #Sports & Recreation, #General, #Religion, #Personal Memoirs, #Inspirational, #Mountaineers, #Biography & Autobiography, #Mountaineering, #Desert survival, #Biography

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Day three.

11:36
A.M
., Thursday, May 1, 2003.

At the bottom of the Big Drop rappel, forty-five minutes after the amputation.

At the pool of water below the Big Drop.

The rescue helicopter.

My rescuers: Mitch Vetere, Greg Funk, Terry Mercer, Kyle Ekker, and Steve Swanke.

Climbing the North Face Direct of North Maroon Peak, May 2004.

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