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5/9 http://csua.org/u/e86 (cnn.com) "He broke two bones in his [own] wrist and then used the dull blade of his multi-tool pocket knife to saw through his flesh." \_ this is cobwebs-on-it old \_ 11am EDT this morning too old for you? that's when the article was posted... and the incident happened Thursday May 1. dude, you're so on the bleeding edge. \_ kinda like half of this guy's arm \_ solo hiking/climbing is crazy. \_ yeah. And ultimately he didn't have to amputate since he was found by rescuers a few hours later. \_ He hiked a few miles and was found by a random couple hiking the trail. Yet another registrant for the motd reading comprehension course. \_ ok, if by "random couple" you mean search helicopter. \_ Don't forget he rapelled (sp?) 50ft or so down the cliff before he hiked 6 miles. \_ Wrong, he never would have been spotted. He amputated and then hiked to someplace where people were more likely to find him. \_ ... which is, in and of itself, absolutely bloody amazing. How the hell did he remain conscious? \_ bloody is right. \_ tourniquet to slow bleeding and avoid hypovolemic shock. a tourniquet is almost always a last resort method of controlling blood loss, but amputation counts as last resort. --Jon |
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| csua.org/u/e86 -> www.cnn.com/2003/US/Central/05/09/climber.amputation/index.html His right arm had been pinned for five days under an 800-pound boulder and he was out of water and nearly dehydrated. Ralston's only escape, he reasoned, was to cut off part of his arm and hike 8 miles to safety. He did both successfully and discussed his ordeal publicly for the first time Thursday, a week after his dramatic rescue. But while descending into the canyon, a boulder shifted. Ralston said he moved quick enough to get his body and left arm out of its path but couldn't get his right arm out of the way of the falling rock. He immediately started pushing the rock and using all his weight to lean against it. It took some good calm thinking in order to get myself to calm down and stop throwing myself against the boulder," he said. Ralston had biked several miles and then walked a few more to reach this canyon. While he had met a couple of young women on the trail, he knew that he was now far away from anyone else. Little hope of rescue The canyon was "very giving of its solitude," he said. It was Thursday morning and Ralston had been trapped by the boulder since Saturday afternoon. He had licked clean the wrappers of four candy bars that had been consumed on his hike to the canyon. Once trapped, he'd eaten the only other food he'd brought with him -- two burritos. His position inside one of the many serpentine canyons with narrow walls, offered little hope that a rescue party could find him alive. Ralston feared his remains would be washed away in a flash flood. The man who would eventually fly Ralston to safety told CNN the experienced hiker would not have been saved by the rescue team. Rigging a series of pulleys to move the boulder had failed. So Ralston gathered his gear neatly, prepared a tourniquet and planned his route out of the canyon. Once prepared, Ralston broke two bones in his wrist and then used the dull blade of his multi-tool pocket knife to saw through his flesh. Good memories and pain The knife he used was not a surgical tool. But Ralston thought of his family and friends and concentrated on a flood of good memories. He remembered previous hikes and thought he'd been fortunate to meet so many wonderful people in his life. Soon he was free and lowered himself to the canyon floor where he began his trek home. Eventually he found hikers on the trail -- a couple from Holland and their son. The family escorted Ralston for a couple of miles before Mercer, the pilot of a Utah Public Safety Helicopter spotted them. He was flown to a hospital where his wounds were closed during surgery. During the flight, Ralston said he remained conscious and lucid but he was losing blood quickly. Mercer said Ralston talked to deputies aboard helicopter. Story Tools 26 Click Here to try 4 Free Trial Issues of Time! |
| cnn.com -> www.cnn.com/ About 250 prisoners freed from Abu Ghraib The United States today freed about 250 detainees from Abu Ghraib prison, site of alleged abuses that prompted global outrage and led to days of hearings on Capitol Hill. Today marks the first mass prisoner release since the abuse scandal broke several weeks ago. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had visited the prison Thursday. |