Climber who amputated own arm describes ordeal

Friday, May 9, 2003

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- Aron Ralston described how he did the unthinkable -- cutting off his own arm to save his life -- on Thursday in his first meeting with reporters since he walked, bloody and dehydrated, out of a remote Utah canyon.

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