A crystalline moment shatters, and the world is a different place. Where there was confinement, now there is release. Recoiling from my sudden liberation, my left arm flings downcanyon, opening my shoulders to the south, and I fall back against the northern wall of the canyon, my mind is surfing on euphoria. As I stare at the wall where not twelve hours ago I etched “RIP OCT 75 ARON APR 03,” a voice shouts in my head: I AM FREE!
How would I behave in a situation that caused me to summon the essence of my character? The tragedy inspired me to test myself. I wanted to reveal to… - Aron Ralston
How would I behave in a situation that caused me to summon the essence of my character? The tragedy inspired me to test myself. I wanted to reveal to…
- Aron Ralston
You'll never find your limits until you've gone too far. - Aron Ralston
You'll never find your limits until you've gone too far.
It's me. I chose this. I chose all of this — this rock has been waiting for me my entire life. I’ve been moving towards it my whole life. - Aron Ralston
It's me. I chose this. I chose all of this — this rock has been waiting for me my entire life. I’ve been moving towards it my whole life.
Everything happens for a reason, and part of that beauty of life is that we're not allowed to know those reasons for certain. - Aron Ralston
Everything happens for a reason, and part of that beauty of life is that we're not allowed to know those reasons for certain.
I stepped out of my grave and into my life again. - Aron Ralston
I stepped out of my grave and into my life again.
Perhaps it’s time, I muse, to close those chapters and remember the enduring lesson of my entrapment: that relationships, not accomplishments, are wh… - Aron Ralston
Perhaps it’s time, I muse, to close those chapters and remember the enduring lesson of my entrapment: that relationships, not accomplishments, are wh…
Saying farewell is also a bold and powerful beginning. - Aron Ralston
Saying farewell is also a bold and powerful beginning.
When we find inspiration, we need to take action for ourselves and for our communities. Even if it means making a hard choice, or cutting out someth… - Aron Ralston
When we find inspiration, we need to take action for ourselves and for our communities. Even if it means making a hard choice, or cutting out someth…
May your boulders be your blessings. May you be able to embrace them. And may you find what's extraordinary in yourself. - Aron Ralston
May your boulders be your blessings. May you be able to embrace them. And may you find what's extraordinary in yourself.
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