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Friday, May 09, 2003A day after his first attempt to cut his arm, Ralston went through the motions of applying a tourniquet, laying out bike shorts to use for padding. He worked out how to get through the bone with the "multi-tool"-type knife he carried. "Basically, I got my surgical table ready," the 27-year-old said. On the fifth day, he summoned up all his technique and nerve. "I was able to first snap the radius and then within another few minutes snap the ulna at the wrist and from there, I had the knife out and applied the tourniquet and went to task. It was a process that took about an hour," he said. I've read descriptions by soldiers and sailors of having their limbs amputated before anesthesia. They all say they passed out from the pain and couldn't remember anything about it. That guy must have had some will to live. posted by Sydney on 5/09/2003 08:35:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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