Man amputates own arm, hikes to safety

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Posted by nrjizer on May-04-2003 00:17:

Man amputates own arm, hikes to safety

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Central/...n.ap/index.html

Now THATS a survival instinct!

Posted by Triumph on May-04-2003 00:19:

jesus christ that's prime.

Posted by discitelli on May-04-2003 01:26:

hmm yeah i read about that this morning, argh imagine doing that!

Posted by nic01445 on May-04-2003 03:02:

yeah i heard about this. there is no way i could cut off my own arm. i would rather just die.

Posted by torontotrance on May-04-2003 03:03:

i bet he was in shock, so he did not feel the pain.

Posted by sothis on May-04-2003 10:03:

*shudders*

i cant even imagine that. not even partially. youd think once you first started cutting, the pain would be so insane that it would be impossible to continue... *shudders again*

Posted by AndskiSpeed on May-04-2003 10:19:

hm this is nearly as bad as when a man who kept tigers in the UK cut off his own arm while a tiger was ripping it apart

oooh, makes me shudder even thinking of it

Posted by shawn2331 on May-04-2003 10:25:

what a crazy f**ker, i could never push myself to do that.

Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on May-04-2003 10:25:

read this in the paper. the mans a legend. and it werent some fat butcher knife, he hacked it off with a measly pen knife

Posted by [mart] on May-04-2003 10:30:

I can't imagine cutting my own arm off with anything let alone a pen knife!

Posted by TranceSeeker on May-04-2003 10:42:

Man, that's horrible if u ask me.
But in that situation if your life is in danger u do things u wont do normally

Posted by AndskiSpeed on May-04-2003 10:52:

yea, I'd never even consider cutting my arm off unless there was a big boulder on it

Posted by musicman007 on May-04-2003 21:02:

i can't imagine the pain of having to watch urself carrying out the amputation

Posted by DrUg_Tit0 on May-04-2003 22:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Citizen X
I don't understand how a 200 lbs rock can pin someone so that you can't move it away.

That was an error it was a rock weighting several tons, the rescue workers weren't able to move it either.

Posted by Rhythm on May-04-2003 22:24:

holy shitstix
man has balls of steel

Posted by Ajay on May-04-2003 23:40:

OMG!

Posted by Neo nEro on May-05-2003 06:34:

i am not sure it would be that much more painful to cut it off when it is already crushed and mangled under a boulder. Not to trivialize what he did by any means, buthe probably was already in a crapload of pain from when it fell on him.

Posted by TimeWarp on May-05-2003 07:37:

IF there was an award given to men with the biggest BAlls...he'd win..haha

What i want to know is .. what happened to his arM?..With today's reconstructive surgery advancements...maybe they might be able to attach it back on?

Posted by nrjizer on May-05-2003 08:12:

well it was likely already crushed and may have been amputated later anyways if they had freed him. Still, having no bottom arm is better than being dead! Plus you could have easily packed it in snow for a few hours or so before you did the deed, it would numb it nicely.

Even still, that guy is a true legend indeed

Edit: And whats REALLY impressive is that after being stuck for 5 days, 2 of them without water, amputating his own arm, freeing himself, and applying first aid, he STILL rigged anchors and rope and fucking rapelled down to the canyon floor, and then began to hike to safety. Balls of steel, indeed!

Posted by nrjizer on May-05-2003 08:30:

UPDATED STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Central/...scue/index.html

They give more details here... the boulder weighed 800lbs, not 200. Apparantly he was pinned in a very narrow canyon, and the searchers say they would have never found him had he not helped himself. So after cutting off his own arm, he had to hike down the canyon, then rappell down 80 feet of sheer, vertical cliff. He hiked towards civilization when the search helicopter spotted him. With his arm still bleeding he walked himself into the chopper, was upright and alert during the ride, then when it landed at the hospital he got out of the chopper and walked himself to the ER!

Posted by corsten_addict on May-05-2003 12:34:

quote:
Originally posted by nrjizer
UPDATED STORY: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Central/...scue/index.html

They give more details here... the boulder weighed 800lbs, not 200. Apparantly he was pinned in a very narrow canyon, and the searchers say they would have never found him had he not helped himself. So after cutting off his own arm, he had to hike down the canyon, then rappell down 80 feet of sheer, vertical cliff. He hiked towards civilization when the search helicopter spotted him. With his arm still bleeding he walked himself into the chopper, was upright and alert during the ride, then when it landed at the hospital he got out of the chopper and walked himself to the ER!

lol... I feel like a tiny, tiny boy compared to him. Insane.

Posted by DaveSZ on May-05-2003 12:48:

quote:
Originally posted by sothis
*shudders*

i cant even imagine that. not even partially. youd think once you first started cutting, the pain would be so insane that it would be impossible to continue... *shudders again*

And this comming from a chic with hooks in her back....

Posted by Incantation_UK on May-05-2003 13:26:

Apparently to cut through your arm where he did you have to go through about 20 tendons, plus the bones! Unbelievable!

Posted by Greedy on May-06-2003 01:44:

From what i heard on the news, this guy is a jackass. . . .he completely ignores warnings about natural dangers and when he leaves, he tells no one where he goes. He got caught in the middle of an avalanche once despite warnings.

Posted by fate on May-06-2003 20:02:

heart about that story in tv news.
they said he used a 2.5" pocket knife.
damnit

just image how this shit sounds when you try to cut your bones

(edit)hmmm imagine cutting your balls