127 hours aron ralston biography of georgetown

In 2003, Aron Ralston went hiking in Utah.

127 hours aron ralston biography of georgetown university

But while he was climbing down a narrow slot in Blue John Canyon, a boulder became dislodged, crushing his right forearm and pinning it against the wall. For five and a half days, Ralston struggled to get free, contemplating his own fate, until he was forced to do the unthinkable.

One hundred and twenty seven hours into his ordeal, he amputated his arm. Now, British filmmaker Danny Boyle has chronicled the events that day in a new film.

127 hours aron ralston biography of georgetown

Here, Ralston tells WideWorld his incredible story of survival against the odds.

Out of the grave

I realised early on that I was going to have to cut my arm off to get free but there was also resistance: I didn’t want to think about it.

I didn’t want to do it. But by the second day I was already figuring out how I could do it, so in the film you see that progression: trying to cut into the arm like a saw – back and forth – then by the fourth day being ab