That's intense... I don't know if I could do the same thing in that kind of situation. I'd like to think I could, but... I suspect I'd pass out due to pain or blood loss or something before I could finish.
I'm just curious about one thing... where was this guy's buddy? I've always been told (and practiced) that you always climb with someone else, in case something bad happens. I commend this guy's ability to survive on his own, but why put yourself in that kind of a situation? If he had been climbing with someone else, he might have been able to get the rock off the arm, and save it. Then again, having been in that kind of situation, I guess this guy knows just how far he'd go to survive.
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I'd rather be climbing...
I approach college much like a recovering alcoholic--one day at a time...
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