Knife saves climber's life

Wonder if I could get an Aspen phone book here in Denver.....be worth it to call him and find out. :cool: Weird on his end, though. :eek:

Ash
 
That story makes me cringe.

It would be safe to assume, if a 1/2 ton boulder is resting on your forearm, that the bone has already sufficiently been broken/smashed. So all you would have to cut through would be skin, muscles, and maybe a few tendons.

He had run out of water two days earlier, I think the only way I could cut of my own arm is if I was starting to get delirous from hunger and dehydration as well. Either way, he is one tough sonofabitch.



Originally posted by John Satchell
Serrations would have made short work of the bones.

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If he had a Sebenza, he could've cut the boulder away from his arm:eek:

Please note that cutting a boulder away from a limb with a knife is considered knife abuse. So you'd be better off without the limb.:p
 
I'm, uh, not a rock climber, but if I was, I'm pretty sure I would've brought a phone. Is there a legitimate reason he wouldn't have had one?
 
It's bad enough that it is assumed that *everyone* in the civilized world has (or needs) a cell phone, but to need a "legitimate" reason for *not* having one is simply mind-boggling. YMMV




"For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three." __Alice Kahn
 
Take a look at the picture link I posted. Then, if you can, find a map of cell phone coverage of Utah. First, the terrain he was in is a narrow crevice hundreds of feet deep. No cell service. Second, that section of Utah is fairly devoid of any cell service. Having a cell phone would have been just extra weight.

Phil
 
Originally posted by ichor
It's bad enough that it is assumed that *everyone* in the civilized world has (or needs) a cell phone, but to need a "legitimate" reason for *not* having one is simply mind-boggling. YMMV
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Oh, okay, thanks. I'll try to keep my ignorance and classism under control next time. And if I'm ever rock climbing and I find a two thousand pound boulder on my arm, causing me to have to hack it off with my Spyderco, I'll sure be grateful that you told me that I didn't need a cell phone. I'm all for gratuitous amputations. YMMV.

For everyone who ISN'T trying to make my statement into something it's not: look, if you're going rock climbing or something else potentially hazardous, get a cell phone. If you can't afford a cell phone, find a DEAD cell phone, one without a plan on it, charge it up before you go, and bring that. You can still dial 911. Buy one for two bits at a yard sale or something, or when your buddy's showing off his new cell phone that has seven hundred and twelve different rings, offer him five bucks for his old one. Sure, it might die on you, whatever, but it's certainly worth the extra couple of ounces.
 
Originally posted by phatch
Take a look at the picture link I posted. Then, if you can, find a map of cell phone coverage of Utah. First, the terrain he was in is a narrow crevice hundreds of feet deep. No cell service. Second, that section of Utah is fairly devoid of any cell service. Having a cell phone would have been just extra weight.

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All right, cool -- looked at the pictures, but I didn't realize he was stuck down in a crevice, and I'm not really familiar with Utah cell phone coverage. That's what I meant by a legitimate reason.
 
I don't have a cell phone and if i was a climber i still wouldn't have one!

Reason is simple, i don't like cell phones at all, for one thing too many people use them while driving their cars, accidents are up because of that, no question about it! Then there is the rude cell phone users that answer them anyway including the line your standing in at the store, next thing you hear is a dumb half as* taking to his wife about some BS not caring one bit he might be rude to all around him like they where not even there in the first place! Then having a cell phone means you always available, not for me and lastly the extra price you pay for them. Cell Phones SUCK IMO, i liked it better without them, it was a nicer world back before they came out, still i don't have a problem with any cell phone users, even the rude ones because after all this is Hasbro and that's the way it goes, everyone's out for themselves, were selfishness is at a all time high bought to us all because of high technology!

James
 
This clearly would have been handled better with a Busse battle axe, or the one recently introduced by Greg Lightfoot.

The right tool for the job, people always say!
 
there's NEVER a right tool for self conducted amputations
nor home circumcisions, for that matter :rolleyes:
 
This astounding feat just gets more and more astonishing, the more you think about it. I mean, jeez, he not only amputated his own arm, but then set up and rappeled 60-70 feet, and began to walk home, for crying out loud!

Just consider the "small" stuff. The stuff that doesn't come immediately to mind. I asked myself, is it likely that he was in a sitting position when his arm was trapped? Not likely, I would guess. So, for day after day, and night after endless night, in addition to being totally alone, starving to death, literally dying of thirst, was he also standing up the whole time??? Even in that situation it would be possible to drop off to sleep from pure exhaustion. Was he then awakened in agony as his body put more weight on the injured arm or was he so numb, by that time, that it didn't matter? This is some kinda man! :eek: :cool:
 
Knife saves climber's life .
Well I give the guy credit . I dont know if I could hack off my own arm. IMHO I think he may have been found that day . They just started the serch . Who really knows what the guy had with him ?
He may have had a GPS,Flashlite,Flares,Whistle,Mirror,Phone.
Why on earth would someone climb without telling someone a area he would be in. Did he just up and climb a rock without telling anyone or driving there? Be nice to hear what he has to say about all this!
 
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