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« on: May 08, 2003, 05:55:35 PM »
I just saw the press conference with that Ralston guy on CNN. Probably most of you heard about him and didn't bother to tell me, but this is the first I heard of it.

The guy's arm was trapped under a boulder for FIVE DAYS!!!!!!! And then he cut it off to free himself, WITH A POCKET KNIFE!!!!!!!!!!

What I want to know, is what did he eat for five days (parts of the arm, perhaps?) and how the heck did he have the strength to cut off his OWN ARM with a POCKET KNIFE!

This is just too freaky....
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Re: arms....
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2003, 07:32:47 PM »
Yeah, that story was nuts. I don't know if I could do that, but after five days under a boulder in the snow, who knows what you're capable of?
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Re: arms....
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2003, 07:53:41 PM »
I'd certainly be capable of hallucination.
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Re: arms....
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2003, 11:23:05 PM »
"Luke, you shall go to Dagobah"

In his case???
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« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2003, 03:26:30 PM »
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Re: arms....
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2003, 03:30:39 PM »
The second that boulder starts looking like Darth Vader I'd be cutting off my own arm as well.
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« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2003, 03:17:00 PM »
shouldnt he have been very weak after five days and like faint if he exposed himself to such pain. mayby he didnt have a hand to begin with and he just said that to get attention
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Re: arms....
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2003, 04:11:05 PM »
The story as a whole is amazing, but there's a few tidbits that really caught my attention.

First, the pocketknife he had was apparently some freebie he got when he bought his flashlight: i.e. not very good quality.  Due to this he had a lot of trouble sawing through his arm and bones.  So he BROKE HIS RADIUS AND ULNA first before he cut through.

Talk about amazing...
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« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2003, 04:25:18 PM »
I think i want to change my superhero character to this guy. God knows what powers he would have.
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Re: arms....
« Reply #9 on: May 10, 2003, 04:32:34 PM »
Probably not super cool healing powers like wolverine, he does have a dull knife though.
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Re: arms....
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2006, 05:21:13 PM »
i loved the story and what you people posted it is cool that we are talking about this i would have to do what he did...
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« Reply #11 on: August 17, 2006, 05:33:26 PM »
Zenki, please read the FAQ. In it you will learn that resurrecting old threads for no good reason is highly frowned upon.
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Re: arms....
« Reply #12 on: August 17, 2006, 10:12:56 PM »
yeah man, i mean honestly.... wait... what're we talking about?  my great great great great grandpa had no arms... he lost them in the war.  i wish i could lose MY arms in the war... but that would make it harder to play video games
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Re: arms....
« Reply #13 on: August 17, 2006, 10:14:09 PM »
Ok, I can't stand this.  I'm going to start locking threads and banning.
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