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Old 09-13-2004, 01:13 PM   #1
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That was a recent report. Besides, it's not depressing. I think it's actually damned amazing. I don't think I'd be able to save myself by performing an amputation with a pocketknife. An AXE, maybe, but not a pocketknife. The will that some people possess just blows my mind sometimes.

You're just NEVER satisfied, are ya? Nag, nag, nag, bitch, bitch, bitch...


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Old 09-13-2004, 01:27 PM   #2
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That was a recent report.
May 2, 2003? Anyway, it's a cool story. Aron went to my alma mater, Carnegie Mellon.
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Old 09-13-2004, 04:46 PM   #3
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I think I'd rather lose a leg. I'm typing with both of my Gangs of Five right now, and It's a rather cool thing. Plus I can remove my carbon fiber leg and beat people with it.
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Old 09-13-2004, 08:29 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Lady Sidhe
That was a recent report.
You're just NEVER satisfied, are ya? Nag, nag, nag, bitch, bitch, bitch...


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From the link;
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Hiker Aron Ralston Cuts Off Own Arm to Survive. May 2, 2003
Ok, it's a reprint. Just filling in for LJ. :p
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Old 09-14-2004, 10:19 AM   #5
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From the link;
Ok, it's a reprint. Just filling in for LJ. :p
I first saw it in the Times-Picayune last week. I didn't feel like typing up the whole article, so I googled it and posted the first link I found.

Besides, it doesn't matter how old it is--it's still a damned amazing act of willpower.


So there


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Old 09-14-2004, 11:18 AM   #6
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Lady Sidhe,

In retrospect, your post was an amazing bit of synchronicity.

I saw your original post last Friday during the day. That evening, while we were watching a DVD, my wife got a phone call. So I paused the DVD and switched to broadcast TV (something I seldom do). What's on? Tom Brokaw interviewing this Aron guy and walking with him through the canyon he escaped from.
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Old 09-14-2004, 06:58 PM   #7
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This is all because his book was just published.
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Old 09-14-2004, 08:29 PM   #8
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Old 09-15-2004, 08:36 AM   #9
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Lady Sidhe,

In retrospect, your post was an amazing bit of synchronicity.

I saw your original post last Friday during the day. That evening, while we were watching a DVD, my wife got a phone call. So I paused the DVD and switched to broadcast TV (something I seldom do). What's on? Tom Brokaw interviewing this Aron guy and walking with him through the canyon he escaped from.

EXACTLY! That's what was in the Times-Pic--the story about Brokaw interviewing the guy. That's the picture that was in the paper also, the two of them walking out there.


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