WEBVTT FILE 1 00:01:47.880 --> 00:01:49.780 Take it! 2 00:01:59.390 --> 00:02:02.690 Hey. Aron here. Leave a message. 3 00:02:02.760 --> 00:02:06.390 Hey, Aron. Sonja here, again. 4 00:02:06.470 --> 00:02:08.940 I know that you're probably gonna be away this weekend. 5 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:12.440 But listen, just think about what we're gonna play. Please. 6 00:02:12.510 --> 00:02:15.640 'Cause we have to decide, and we really... We need to practice, okay? 7 00:02:15.710 --> 00:02:17.970 Anyway, it will be fun. I promise. 8 00:02:18.050 --> 00:02:19.780 And, oh, please call Mom. Please. 9 00:02:19.850 --> 00:02:22.510 'Cause she worries, which you know already. 10 00:02:22.580 --> 00:02:24.810 Okay. Later, A. Bye. 11 00:03:55.980 --> 00:03:57.470 Whoa! 12 00:04:11.790 --> 00:04:14.130 Hey! It's Friday night. 13 00:04:15.260 --> 00:04:17.730 April 25, 2003. 14 00:04:17.800 --> 00:04:21.430 I'm just entering Canyon-lands. 15 00:04:21.500 --> 00:04:25.170 Just me, the music and the night. 16 00:04:26.780 --> 00:04:28.300 Love it! 17 00:05:19.260 --> 00:05:21.250 Whoo! 18 00:05:53.730 --> 00:05:55.750 Blue John Canyon. 19 00:05:55.830 --> 00:05:59.990 Guidebook says four and a half hours to the big-drop rappel. 20 00:06:00.070 --> 00:06:02.000 I aim to take 45 minutes off that. 21 00:06:18.350 --> 00:06:19.220 Whoo! 22 00:08:03.220 --> 00:08:05.350 Your face. 23 00:08:05.430 --> 00:08:10.390 - You looked like a dog. - I wish I was hiking with anyone else. 24 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:18.500 I don't know. I think we go that way. 25 00:08:18.570 --> 00:08:20.560 But we went that way and had to come back. 26 00:08:20.640 --> 00:08:22.370 - Hey! - Whoa. 27 00:08:23.910 --> 00:08:25.900 You're doing Blue John too, huh? 28 00:08:25.980 --> 00:08:29.140 Uh, no, actually. We're headed for the dome. 29 00:08:29.220 --> 00:08:30.680 - But I think we're lost. - She's lost. 30 00:08:30.750 --> 00:08:32.240 Hang on. 31 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:35.210 - Oh, my God. - God. 32 00:08:38.560 --> 00:08:40.890 Let's see this. 33 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:43.830 You are... here. 34 00:08:43.900 --> 00:08:45.630 - We are? - Mm-hmm. 35 00:08:45.700 --> 00:08:48.360 Oh, yeah. I knew that. I knew that. 36 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:51.770 And the dome is there. 37 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:54.140 Oh. 38 00:08:54.210 --> 00:08:56.700 Um, I can take you that way if you like. 39 00:08:58.210 --> 00:08:59.370 Uh... 40 00:08:59.450 --> 00:09:02.310 I'm sorry. The, uh- Friday the 13th there. 41 00:09:02.380 --> 00:09:03.710 Child-killer look. 42 00:09:05.550 --> 00:09:07.040 I'm only a psychopath on weekdays. 43 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:09.110 And today's Saturday, so... 44 00:09:11.490 --> 00:09:13.980 Can't take this off. It's my face. 45 00:09:15.130 --> 00:09:16.620 Nice. 46 00:09:18.130 --> 00:09:20.330 - Aron. - Kristi. 47 00:09:20.400 --> 00:09:22.870 Allow me to introduce you to my friend Megan. 48 00:09:23.910 --> 00:09:25.770 - Nice to meet you. - It's an honor. 49 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:28.400 What do you say? 50 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:30.500 You're lost. I'm a guide. 51 00:09:31.410 --> 00:09:32.900 I'm good. 52 00:09:34.950 --> 00:09:36.440 - Why not? - Sure. 53 00:09:36.520 --> 00:09:39.040 All right. This way. 54 00:09:40.190 --> 00:09:41.710 You biked from Horseshoe, huh? 55 00:09:41.790 --> 00:09:44.590 What is that- like, 20 miles? 56 00:09:44.660 --> 00:09:46.790 Seventeen on the odometer. 57 00:09:46.860 --> 00:09:49.160 Oh. Oh. I thought it was 17.2. 58 00:09:49.230 --> 00:09:52.720 Uh, 17.3 actually. 59 00:09:52.800 --> 00:09:54.930 Ah, you're one of those. 60 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:56.330 I'm not one of those. 61 00:09:56.400 --> 00:09:58.630 Do you spend a lot of time out here? 62 00:09:58.710 --> 00:10:00.800 It's my second home. 63 00:10:00.880 --> 00:10:03.280 Ah, see? 64 00:10:03.340 --> 00:10:05.210 There's the fork right there. 65 00:10:05.280 --> 00:10:07.410 Aah. Okay, totally missed that. 66 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:09.640 - Glad we bumped into you. - Yeah. 67 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:11.810 What are the odds, considering we're all the way out here? 68 00:10:11.890 --> 00:10:14.380 Exactly. You go to the one place in America... 69 00:10:14.460 --> 00:10:17.120 you're pretty much guaranteed not to run into a weirdo... 70 00:10:17.190 --> 00:10:19.820 And what happens? 71 00:10:19.890 --> 00:10:22.060 All right. 72 00:10:22.130 --> 00:10:26.160 So the guidebook says that the route's through here. 73 00:10:26.230 --> 00:10:30.470 But I know a better way- the cool way. 74 00:10:32.510 --> 00:10:36.270 Guaranteed best time you can have with your clothes on. 75 00:10:36.340 --> 00:10:39.280 Although it's better with your clothes off. 76 00:10:40.520 --> 00:10:42.040 It is a bit of a climb. 77 00:10:42.120 --> 00:10:44.020 We climb. 78 00:10:44.090 --> 00:10:47.060 - And a bit of a squeeze. - We squeeze. 79 00:10:51.030 --> 00:10:54.220 So you get us all the way back in here... 80 00:10:54.300 --> 00:10:57.130 and then you tell us that you are not a guide. 81 00:10:57.200 --> 00:11:01.000 Well, no. I'm an engineer. But this is what I really want to do. 82 00:11:01.070 --> 00:11:03.200 Oh, that's wonderful. 83 00:11:03.270 --> 00:11:05.070 I've always wanted to be a supermodel... 84 00:11:05.140 --> 00:11:08.910 but I don't think that's actually really gonna work out, you know? 85 00:11:08.980 --> 00:11:11.100 Jesus, what if these things move? 86 00:11:11.180 --> 00:11:13.740 They've been here for millions of years. They're not gonna move. 87 00:11:13.820 --> 00:11:16.310 - Oh, sure they will. - What? 88 00:11:16.380 --> 00:11:19.080 - Yeah. Everything's moving all the time. - Oh! 89 00:11:19.150 --> 00:11:20.810 Let's just hope not today. 90 00:11:20.890 --> 00:11:22.650 Oh. Great. 91 00:11:26.530 --> 00:11:27.890 All right. 92 00:11:27.960 --> 00:11:31.830 Now all you gotta remember is that everything will be okay. 93 00:11:31.900 --> 00:11:34.530 Oh, my God! Oh, my God! 94 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:39.430 - What... - Where- Aron! 95 00:11:39.510 --> 00:11:41.200 Are you okay? Aron! 96 00:11:41.280 --> 00:11:42.260 Aron! 97 00:11:58.630 --> 00:12:02.030 - Listen to the guy. He's fine. - Yeah. 98 00:12:03.560 --> 00:12:04.620 He's batshit. 99 00:12:04.700 --> 00:12:06.670 You're batshit! 100 00:12:08.170 --> 00:12:10.570 Come on! You gotta come down here! 101 00:12:10.640 --> 00:12:12.730 - Trust me! - Trust you? 102 00:12:12.810 --> 00:12:14.600 I'll kill you, Aron Ralston! 103 00:12:14.680 --> 00:12:17.200 Oh, please. You love this. 104 00:12:23.520 --> 00:12:24.380 Whoa! 105 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:32.420 Whoo! 106 00:12:32.490 --> 00:12:34.590 Hey! 107 00:12:34.660 --> 00:12:36.130 - Nice job! - Oh, my God! 108 00:12:36.200 --> 00:12:38.830 - Megan! You're missing it! - Come on! 109 00:12:38.900 --> 00:12:40.060 It's amazing! 110 00:12:40.130 --> 00:12:41.570 - Fuck. Fuck. - Just jump! 111 00:12:41.640 --> 00:12:43.470 - Oh, my God. Fuck. - Just jump, Megan! 112 00:12:43.540 --> 00:12:44.770 Fuck. 113 00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:47.570 Oh, shit! 114 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:53.970 Are you okay? 115 00:12:54.050 --> 00:12:55.540 - Nice jump. - Oh, my God. 116 00:12:55.620 --> 00:12:56.980 I can't believe I just did that. 117 00:12:58.290 --> 00:13:00.980 - That's why we have to do it again. - Again? Again? 118 00:13:01.060 --> 00:13:03.620 - Camera! Camera! - Camera? Camera! 119 00:13:03.690 --> 00:13:05.680 Camera! 120 00:13:06.460 --> 00:13:08.990 Whoo! 121 00:13:20.510 --> 00:13:25.780 So, Blue John is actually named after this guy, Blue John... 122 00:13:25.850 --> 00:13:28.710 who was Butch Cassidy's cook... 123 00:13:28.780 --> 00:13:30.880 - Ah. That's cool. - from, you know, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. 124 00:13:30.950 --> 00:13:32.610 - The Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. - Yeah. 125 00:13:32.690 --> 00:13:35.990 And they would hide out in these canyons, I guess. 126 00:13:36.060 --> 00:13:39.650 But also what they'd do is they'd run horses... wild horses- into here... 127 00:13:39.730 --> 00:13:42.250 - and they'd trap 'em at the end of the canyons. - Wow. 128 00:13:42.330 --> 00:13:44.630 - That's how they'd catch the horses. - Oh, wow. 129 00:13:44.700 --> 00:13:46.430 You wanna take one more picture before I go? 130 00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:47.990 - Yeah. - Okay, cool. 131 00:13:48.070 --> 00:13:49.400 Ready? 132 00:13:50.740 --> 00:13:53.070 One, two, three. 133 00:13:53.140 --> 00:13:55.270 Blue John. Blue Cheese. 134 00:13:55.340 --> 00:13:57.330 Well, will I ever see you again? 135 00:13:57.410 --> 00:13:59.680 That depends. Do you party? 136 00:13:59.750 --> 00:14:02.980 Do I party? Uh, yeah, sometimes. 137 00:14:03.050 --> 00:14:06.350 Tomorrow night, we're actually, seriously, throwing a party, if you wanna come. 138 00:14:06.420 --> 00:14:08.580 Yeah. You should come by, have a beer, kick back. 139 00:14:08.660 --> 00:14:10.250 Okay. Where am I going? 140 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:12.050 It's about 20 miles away, near Green River. 141 00:14:12.130 --> 00:14:14.390 You know the old motel? It's behind that. 142 00:14:14.460 --> 00:14:16.930 There's gonna be a huge inflatable Scooby-Doo. 143 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:18.520 - You can't miss it. - Really? Okay. 144 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:20.460 - Yep. ... Cool. - Okay. 145 00:14:20.540 --> 00:14:23.030 It was good to meet you. See ya! 146 00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:25.270 Bye! Scooby-Doo! 147 00:14:25.340 --> 00:14:27.310 Yeah! 148 00:14:27.380 --> 00:14:28.870 Rock on! 149 00:14:32.650 --> 00:14:34.510 You think he's actually gonna show up? 150 00:14:34.580 --> 00:14:38.950 I don't think we figured in his day at all. 151 00:14:39.020 --> 00:14:40.180 Oh. 152 00:14:40.250 --> 00:14:43.260 You liked him. 153 00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:23.850 Shit! 154 00:18:27.210 --> 00:18:28.940 This is insane! 155 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:48.930 Fuck. 156 00:18:53.370 --> 00:18:55.970 Move this fucking rock! 157 00:19:09.090 --> 00:19:09.890 Please. 158 00:19:18.030 --> 00:19:19.520 Fuck. 159 00:19:49.300 --> 00:19:50.790 Fucking save it. 160 00:19:50.870 --> 00:19:51.850 Oh, God. 161 00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:13.610 Kristi! 162 00:20:14.260 --> 00:20:15.920 Megan! 163 00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:18.480 Kristi! 164 00:20:18.560 --> 00:20:21.260 It's Aron! 165 00:20:21.330 --> 00:20:23.300 Megan! 166 00:20:24.700 --> 00:20:27.000 Kristi! Megan! 167 00:20:28.170 --> 00:20:30.160 Kristi! 168 00:20:48.820 --> 00:20:50.590 Think. 169 00:20:53.090 --> 00:20:54.580 Just think. 170 00:21:14.350 --> 00:21:15.510 Ow! 171 00:21:52.350 --> 00:21:54.220 Hmm. 172 00:22:36.430 --> 00:22:37.920 Yeah. 173 00:22:50.340 --> 00:22:51.830 Fuck. 174 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:10.360 Oh. Fuck. 175 00:23:11.670 --> 00:23:13.390 Shit. 176 00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:16.260 Oh, God. 177 00:23:16.340 --> 00:23:17.460 Shit! 178 00:23:18.510 --> 00:23:20.410 Fucker. 179 00:24:11.790 --> 00:24:13.280 Come on. Please. 180 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:41.450 Sweet. 181 00:24:44.060 --> 00:24:45.820 Ah. 182 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:51.190 Oh. 183 00:24:59.110 --> 00:25:00.870 Nice and dull. 184 00:27:22.250 --> 00:27:24.180 Look at the size of this one, man. 185 00:27:24.250 --> 00:27:26.240 Like, how the fuck did this get here? 186 00:28:19.770 --> 00:28:21.260 Yes. 187 00:28:30.150 --> 00:28:32.710 Okay. 188 00:30:14.990 --> 00:30:16.680 Hey! 189 00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.890 Hey, buddy. 190 00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:37.160 Here we go. 191 00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:22.450 Um. 192 00:32:24.750 --> 00:32:26.810 It's 3:05... 193 00:32:26.890 --> 00:32:32.290 on Sunday, April 27, 2003. 194 00:32:33.230 --> 00:32:36.890 Uh, this marks 24 hours... 195 00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:41.160 of being stuck in Blue John Canyon... 196 00:32:42.270 --> 00:32:45.800 right where it slots up before the big drop. 197 00:32:48.310 --> 00:32:50.000 My name's Aron Ralston. 198 00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:54.340 My parents are Donna and Larry Ralston of Englewood, Colorado. 199 00:32:55.550 --> 00:32:57.710 Um. 200 00:32:57.780 --> 00:33:01.350 Whoever finds this can keep the- the recorder. 201 00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:04.720 Just please try and get in touch with my parents... 202 00:33:04.790 --> 00:33:07.660 and-and give them this tape. 203 00:33:07.730 --> 00:33:09.290 I'd appreciate it. 204 00:33:10.330 --> 00:33:16.100 Uh, I was descending Blue John yesterday... 205 00:33:16.170 --> 00:33:22.510 uh, when this, uh, chockstone came loose... 206 00:33:22.580 --> 00:33:24.130 and rolled onto my arm... 207 00:33:24.210 --> 00:33:27.040 and now it's stuck. 208 00:33:27.110 --> 00:33:32.920 Um, the thumb is kind of this gray-blue color. 209 00:33:33.750 --> 00:33:35.280 Yeah. 210 00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:38.950 It's been without circulation for 24 hours. 211 00:33:39.930 --> 00:33:43.190 So, I think it's pretty well gone. 212 00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:47.360 I'm low on food. 213 00:33:47.430 --> 00:33:48.830 Um. 214 00:33:49.970 --> 00:33:53.740 That's about 300, 400 mil... 215 00:33:54.970 --> 00:33:56.910 and that's it for water. 216 00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:04.850 I'm in pretty deep doo-doo here. 217 00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:11.220 Hello! 218 00:34:11.290 --> 00:34:12.450 Please! 219 00:34:12.530 --> 00:34:14.620 There's someone down here! 220 00:34:14.690 --> 00:34:16.860 Help! 221 00:34:16.930 --> 00:34:18.920 I'm in the canyon! 222 00:34:20.030 --> 00:34:25.630 Help! 223 00:34:25.710 --> 00:34:29.370 Help! Help! 224 00:34:58.140 --> 00:34:59.660 Please! 225 00:34:59.740 --> 00:35:01.070 Help! 226 00:35:02.910 --> 00:35:04.070 Help! 227 00:35:05.110 --> 00:35:07.340 Down here! 228 00:35:07.410 --> 00:35:08.810 Help! 229 00:35:22.530 --> 00:35:24.260 Don't lose it. 230 00:35:30.270 --> 00:35:31.830 Aron. 231 00:35:34.910 --> 00:35:37.140 Do not lose it. 232 00:36:29.100 --> 00:36:30.590 Not bad. 233 00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:42.570 Oh, dinner. 234 00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:55.180 Tomorrow night, we're actually, seriously, throwing a party. 235 00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:57.380 You should come by, have a beer, kick back. 236 00:36:57.460 --> 00:37:00.050 There's gonna be a huge inflatable Scooby-Doo. 237 00:37:00.130 --> 00:37:03.030 Scooby-Doo. 238 00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:26.910 Hmm. Mountain Dew. 239 00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:31.380 Plastic cup. 240 00:37:33.790 --> 00:37:35.090 Thank you. 241 00:37:36.630 --> 00:37:38.530 Oh. 242 00:37:38.600 --> 00:37:39.930 Might take a beer as well. 243 00:37:42.240 --> 00:37:43.570 Don't mind if I do. 244 00:38:40.890 --> 00:38:42.380 Oh. 245 00:38:45.060 --> 00:38:48.190 Hey. Aron here. Leave a message. 246 00:38:52.110 --> 00:38:56.060 Aron, it's Mom. I was hoping to catch you. 247 00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:59.040 Are you there? 248 00:38:59.110 --> 00:39:00.880 Hello? 249 00:39:02.020 --> 00:39:04.310 Okay. Nothing urgent. 250 00:39:06.090 --> 00:39:08.750 Dad's in New York, so it'll be a quiet weekend. 251 00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:13.380 Call me, okay? Lots of love. 252 00:39:31.610 --> 00:39:34.510 - Where you going? - Don't know yet. 253 00:39:34.580 --> 00:39:36.610 Right there, Brion. 254 00:39:36.680 --> 00:39:39.520 Maybe Utah. Maybe somewhere else. 255 00:39:39.590 --> 00:39:40.950 Have a good one. 256 00:39:41.020 --> 00:39:42.180 Always do. 257 00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:44.050 Always do. 258 00:40:11.550 --> 00:40:12.690 Let's go. 259 00:40:53.590 --> 00:40:54.920 Oh, come on! 260 00:42:28.290 --> 00:42:29.620 Crap. 261 00:42:42.700 --> 00:42:45.190 This is freaking me out, looking at myself. 262 00:42:46.140 --> 00:42:49.160 Sorry. I hope that's okay. 263 00:42:49.240 --> 00:42:50.370 Uh. 264 00:42:52.710 --> 00:42:55.040 It's Monday. Um. 265 00:42:56.850 --> 00:42:58.710 Bummer, all day. 266 00:42:59.790 --> 00:43:02.450 I tried to set up this pulley all morning... 267 00:43:02.520 --> 00:43:04.080 but it didn't work. 268 00:43:05.120 --> 00:43:07.090 It was worth a try. 269 00:43:07.160 --> 00:43:08.920 But there's too much friction. 270 00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:13.230 And it's a climbing rope, so there's too much stretch. 271 00:43:14.100 --> 00:43:16.090 What I could really use... 272 00:43:16.170 --> 00:43:21.040 is about 20 meters of static wrap rope, 9.8 mil. 273 00:43:22.680 --> 00:43:24.300 Uh, three or four pulleys... 274 00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:26.810 a rack of carabiners, a sling... 275 00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:30.320 power drill... and bolt kit. 276 00:43:32.450 --> 00:43:36.680 Oh, and, uh, eight burly men to do all the hauling. 277 00:43:39.160 --> 00:43:41.130 That should just about do it. 278 00:43:44.630 --> 00:43:46.120 I have, uh... 279 00:43:48.270 --> 00:43:51.030 about 150 milliliters of water left... 280 00:43:53.110 --> 00:43:57.340 which should keep me alive till tomorrow night... 281 00:43:58.780 --> 00:44:00.440 if I'm lucky. 282 00:44:00.510 --> 00:44:02.240 I peed twice. 283 00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:06.720 Almost pissed my pants. 284 00:44:06.790 --> 00:44:10.980 Uh, I don't know, my body's acting really weird. 285 00:44:12.430 --> 00:44:16.230 The second time, I did it in the CamelBak. 286 00:44:19.970 --> 00:44:22.300 Smells really bad. 287 00:44:22.370 --> 00:44:25.500 But, uh, I'm sure it'll settle. 288 00:44:28.510 --> 00:44:31.480 It's got to be chilled like sauvignon blanc. 289 00:44:35.720 --> 00:44:38.210 No number twos. 290 00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:40.650 Which should disappoint my insect friends. 291 00:44:40.720 --> 00:44:43.150 They'll just have to wait. 292 00:44:43.220 --> 00:44:45.660 Let's see, what else could I tell you? 293 00:44:45.730 --> 00:44:47.520 Um... 294 00:44:49.230 --> 00:44:52.760 There's this raven that comes every morning. 295 00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:57.940 Hey. 296 00:44:58.000 --> 00:45:00.530 I clocked it at 8:17. 297 00:45:03.510 --> 00:45:05.530 I'll- I'll film it for you tomorrow. 298 00:45:05.610 --> 00:45:09.340 Every morning at, uh, 9:30... 299 00:45:10.850 --> 00:45:13.910 I get 15 minutes of sunlight. 300 00:45:13.990 --> 00:45:15.510 It's really nice. 301 00:45:20.090 --> 00:45:22.560 I have been chipping away. 302 00:45:22.630 --> 00:45:26.430 More to- More to keep warm than anything. 303 00:45:28.530 --> 00:45:32.970 I'm beginning to think that my hand is supporting the rock. 304 00:45:33.040 --> 00:45:35.130 So when I chip away a little bit... 305 00:45:35.210 --> 00:45:37.300 it actually settles more. 306 00:45:41.380 --> 00:45:42.710 So... 307 00:45:45.380 --> 00:45:47.380 I found this great tourniquet. 308 00:46:17.850 --> 00:46:18.910 Oh. 309 00:46:20.390 --> 00:46:23.950 Oh, yeah. 310 00:47:09.600 --> 00:47:12.230 It hasn't been very useful. 311 00:47:16.410 --> 00:47:17.740 Lesson: 312 00:47:17.810 --> 00:47:22.980 Don't buy the cheap, made-in-China multi-tool. 313 00:47:24.050 --> 00:47:26.540 I tried to find my Swiss Army knife, but... 314 00:47:26.620 --> 00:47:29.520 This thing came free with a flashlight. 315 00:47:29.590 --> 00:47:32.580 The flashlight was a piece of shit too. 316 00:47:32.660 --> 00:47:35.220 I kept it in my truck for emergencies. 317 00:47:36.330 --> 00:47:38.820 Not that I'm blaming you, Mom. 318 00:47:39.930 --> 00:47:44.600 It was a perfectly great stocking stuffer. 319 00:47:47.840 --> 00:47:50.210 And there's no way you could have ever known... 320 00:47:50.280 --> 00:47:53.110 that I'd get in this kind of trouble. 321 00:47:53.180 --> 00:47:55.770 When we watch this later, will the camera have to be on? 322 00:47:55.850 --> 00:47:58.510 Yeah. So you have to leave the camera with us... 323 00:47:58.580 --> 00:48:00.880 if we want to watch something that you've made, right? 324 00:48:00.950 --> 00:48:02.680 - Yeah. - Good job, honey. 325 00:48:02.760 --> 00:48:06.190 - Isn't that great? - That is quite extraordinary. 326 00:48:06.260 --> 00:48:09.160 - So he's filming her now. - Sounds beautiful, sweetheart. 327 00:48:09.230 --> 00:48:11.790 - Yes. - We're seeing it now live... 328 00:48:11.860 --> 00:48:14.700 but he's going to be able to show this again. 329 00:48:17.170 --> 00:48:19.000 Go away. 330 00:48:21.140 --> 00:48:23.510 To be able to watch it. We can't just watch it with a... 331 00:48:25.910 --> 00:48:27.810 So good. 332 00:48:29.010 --> 00:48:31.510 Well done. Okay. 333 00:48:35.320 --> 00:48:37.550 Way to go, Sis. 334 00:48:37.620 --> 00:48:40.180 - Keep playing? - Yes, honey. Keep going. 335 00:49:32.040 --> 00:49:33.710 Fuck. 336 00:50:03.610 --> 00:50:05.670 Okay! 337 00:50:05.740 --> 00:50:06.900 Go! 338 00:50:17.590 --> 00:50:19.060 Whoo! 339 00:50:28.130 --> 00:50:30.400 I love you. 340 00:51:08.870 --> 00:51:10.360 So... 341 00:51:12.440 --> 00:51:14.440 how do I get in? 342 00:51:17.550 --> 00:51:19.210 What's the, um... 343 00:51:23.990 --> 00:51:25.550 - You know? - Combination. 344 00:51:25.620 --> 00:51:26.820 Combination. 345 00:51:29.760 --> 00:51:31.990 If I told you... 346 00:51:33.600 --> 00:51:35.620 I'd have to kill you. 347 00:51:36.700 --> 00:51:38.690 But already you kill me. 348 00:51:52.180 --> 00:51:53.670 Combination? 349 00:51:55.790 --> 00:51:57.760 I think I have it. 350 00:52:11.000 --> 00:52:12.660 Fuck! 351 00:52:20.880 --> 00:52:22.370 Ah, fuck. 352 00:52:29.390 --> 00:52:32.220 Ah. Ah. 353 00:52:59.890 --> 00:53:02.980 Fuck. Fuck. 354 00:54:56.500 --> 00:54:58.260 Who's there? 355 00:55:06.780 --> 00:55:08.110 Aron? 356 00:55:40.450 --> 00:55:42.740 Please! 357 00:55:43.780 --> 00:55:45.910 Please! 358 00:55:55.290 --> 00:56:00.630 Please! 359 00:56:08.370 --> 00:56:11.900 Good morning, everybody out there. Steve. 360 00:56:11.980 --> 00:56:14.470 - Good morning. - It's The Morning Show with Brian Stephenson... 361 00:56:14.550 --> 00:56:16.140 Also coming up this half hour.. 362 00:56:16.210 --> 00:56:19.050 Good morning. This will get you going today. 90 for your high... 363 00:56:20.950 --> 00:56:23.010 Good morning, everyone! 364 00:56:23.090 --> 00:56:28.390 It is 7:00 here in Canyonland, U.S.A. 365 00:56:28.460 --> 00:56:31.190 And this morning on the boulder... 366 00:56:31.260 --> 00:56:33.890 we have a very special guest... 367 00:56:33.970 --> 00:56:38.560 self-proclaimed American superhero... 368 00:56:38.640 --> 00:56:41.070 Aron Ralston! 369 00:56:41.140 --> 00:56:44.700 Let's hear it for Aron! 370 00:56:44.780 --> 00:56:46.000 Hey. 371 00:56:46.080 --> 00:56:48.070 Hi. Oh, gosh. It's... 372 00:56:48.150 --> 00:56:51.600 It's a real pleasure to be here. Thank you. Thank you. 373 00:56:51.680 --> 00:56:55.640 Um- Hey, can I say hi to my mom and dad? 374 00:56:55.720 --> 00:56:57.850 Mom and Dad! 375 00:56:57.920 --> 00:57:00.150 Mustn't forget Mom and Dad. Right, Aron? 376 00:57:00.230 --> 00:57:02.280 Yeah. That's right. 377 00:57:02.360 --> 00:57:04.330 Uh- Hey, Mom. 378 00:57:04.400 --> 00:57:06.230 I'm really sorry I... 379 00:57:06.300 --> 00:57:08.990 I didn't answer the phone the other night. 380 00:57:09.070 --> 00:57:13.660 If I had, I would have told you where I was going, and then... 381 00:57:13.740 --> 00:57:15.730 Well, I probably wouldn't be here right now. 382 00:57:15.810 --> 00:57:17.570 That's for sure! 383 00:57:17.640 --> 00:57:20.300 But like I always say... 384 00:57:20.380 --> 00:57:23.140 your supreme selfishness... 385 00:57:23.220 --> 00:57:25.240 is our gain. 386 00:57:25.320 --> 00:57:27.680 Thank you, Aron. Anyone else you'd like to say hi to? 387 00:57:27.750 --> 00:57:30.590 Um- Well, Brion at work. 388 00:57:30.660 --> 00:57:32.320 - Hi, Aron! - Hey. 389 00:57:32.390 --> 00:57:35.360 Uh, I probably won't be making it into work today. 390 00:57:37.500 --> 00:57:40.090 Get a load of this guy! Oh, wait. Hold on. 391 00:57:40.170 --> 00:57:46.000 We've got a question coming in from another Aron... 392 00:57:46.070 --> 00:57:49.510 in Loser Canyon, Utah. 393 00:57:49.570 --> 00:57:51.040 Aron asks... 394 00:57:51.110 --> 00:57:53.340 Am I right in thinking... 395 00:57:53.410 --> 00:57:56.540 that even if Brion from work... 396 00:57:56.620 --> 00:57:58.210 notifies the police... 397 00:57:58.280 --> 00:58:00.550 they'll put a 24-hour hold on it... 398 00:58:00.620 --> 00:58:03.880 before they file a Missing Persons report? 399 00:58:03.960 --> 00:58:08.090 Which means you won't become officially missing... 400 00:58:08.160 --> 00:58:12.290 until midday Wednesday, at the earliest! 401 00:58:12.360 --> 00:58:15.630 Ah, yeah. You're right on the money there, Aron. 402 00:58:16.840 --> 00:58:20.570 Which means I'll probably be dead by then. 403 00:58:20.640 --> 00:58:24.340 Aron from Loser Canyon, Utah. How do you know so much? 404 00:58:24.410 --> 00:58:27.970 Well, I'll tell you how I know so much. 405 00:58:28.050 --> 00:58:30.040 I volunteer for the rescue service. 406 00:58:30.120 --> 00:58:32.050 Hmm? 407 00:58:32.120 --> 00:58:34.950 You see, I'm something of a, uh... 408 00:58:35.020 --> 00:58:37.450 well, a big fucking hard hero. 409 00:58:38.620 --> 00:58:42.530 And I can do everything on my own, you see? 410 00:58:42.590 --> 00:58:45.190 I do see. 411 00:58:45.260 --> 00:58:47.420 Now... 412 00:58:47.500 --> 00:58:51.900 is it true that despite... 413 00:58:51.970 --> 00:58:56.500 or maybe because you're a big fucking hard hero... 414 00:58:56.580 --> 00:58:59.870 you didn't tell anyone where you were going? 415 00:58:59.950 --> 00:59:02.040 Uh... 416 00:59:02.110 --> 00:59:04.100 Yeah, that's absolutely correct. 417 00:59:07.890 --> 00:59:10.250 - Anyone? - Anyone. 418 00:59:13.530 --> 00:59:16.520 Oops! 419 00:59:19.830 --> 00:59:21.490 Oops. 420 00:59:29.980 --> 00:59:31.470 Oops. 421 00:59:41.350 --> 00:59:42.910 Mom, Dad. 422 00:59:46.060 --> 00:59:48.390 I just want to take this time to tell you... 423 00:59:48.460 --> 00:59:52.120 that the times we've spent together have been awesome. 424 00:59:54.130 --> 00:59:56.430 And I haven't appreciated you in my heart... 425 00:59:56.500 --> 00:59:58.490 as I know that I could. 426 01:00:00.210 --> 01:00:03.610 Mom, I love you... 427 01:00:03.680 --> 01:00:07.240 and I wish that I'd returned all your calls, ever. 428 01:00:12.250 --> 01:00:14.180 I love you guys... 429 01:00:15.850 --> 01:00:18.190 and I'll always be with you. 430 01:00:23.660 --> 01:00:25.460 Yeah. 431 01:00:46.220 --> 01:00:47.780 Oh. 432 01:01:15.710 --> 01:01:17.580 Ah. 433 01:02:00.490 --> 01:02:01.890 Bone. 434 01:03:12.930 --> 01:03:17.700 It's no Slurpee. 435 01:03:17.770 --> 01:03:19.970 It's like a bag of piss. 436 01:03:35.550 --> 01:03:38.450 - Yahoo! - Nice! 437 01:03:54.540 --> 01:03:56.100 Come on, Ralston! 438 01:03:56.170 --> 01:03:58.670 Okay, I'm gonna go up again. 439 01:03:58.740 --> 01:04:00.680 Give me that. 440 01:04:00.750 --> 01:04:02.910 Quick, while he's gone. 441 01:04:02.980 --> 01:04:04.810 - Listen. - We could tell him. 442 01:04:04.880 --> 01:04:06.610 - I know that. - Okay? Tell him. 443 01:04:06.680 --> 01:04:09.150 - We're very worried about you. - 444 01:04:09.220 --> 01:04:11.190 - We're worried... - About your music. 445 01:04:11.260 --> 01:04:13.120 Your musical choices are really rough. 446 01:04:13.190 --> 01:04:16.160 If you keep singing Phish, you're never gonna get a girlfriend. 447 01:04:16.230 --> 01:04:18.590 - Never. - You might have one, but I really doubt that you do. 448 01:04:18.660 --> 01:04:21.500 - You may be sort of cute, occasionally. - I'm nervous and scared for you. 449 01:04:21.570 --> 01:04:24.430 - Okay. This cannonball's for you. - No one will care. 450 01:04:24.500 --> 01:04:26.230 Okay. 451 01:04:29.240 --> 01:04:31.110 That was a 10. 452 01:04:31.180 --> 01:04:32.670 All right. 453 01:04:34.850 --> 01:04:37.440 I'm going to test your theory... 454 01:04:37.520 --> 01:04:39.850 about whether or not it's better to do it... 455 01:04:39.920 --> 01:04:42.220 Oh, God! 456 01:04:42.290 --> 01:04:44.810 without your clothes on. 457 01:04:44.890 --> 01:04:46.880 I'm just gonna swim for a bit. 458 01:05:08.980 --> 01:05:11.310 Don't. 459 01:05:11.380 --> 01:05:13.750 No, no. Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't. 460 01:05:13.820 --> 01:05:15.480 Oh, please. 461 01:05:17.390 --> 01:05:19.190 Don't. 462 01:05:19.260 --> 01:05:21.890 Don't. 463 01:05:21.960 --> 01:05:24.090 Ralston, rock on. 464 01:05:24.160 --> 01:05:25.650 Whoo! 465 01:06:17.480 --> 01:06:18.970 Oh, fuck. 466 01:07:19.510 --> 01:07:21.570 You don't even want me here, do you? 467 01:07:24.550 --> 01:07:26.540 I'm gonna go, Aron. 468 01:07:29.490 --> 01:07:31.480 Is that what you want? 469 01:07:34.730 --> 01:07:37.350 It is, isn't it? 470 01:07:40.700 --> 01:07:41.860 Okay. 471 01:07:43.700 --> 01:07:45.330 Come back. 472 01:07:49.910 --> 01:07:52.400 You're gonna be so lonely, Aron. 473 01:08:08.660 --> 01:08:14.000 Forty-six, 47, 48, 49, 50! 474 01:08:14.070 --> 01:08:16.500 You hear that, Aron? I'm coming! 475 01:08:18.500 --> 01:08:21.470 Um, I'm holding on. 476 01:08:23.340 --> 01:08:26.110 Time's moving really slowly. 477 01:08:27.680 --> 01:08:30.150 My heart's beating really fast. 478 01:08:30.210 --> 01:08:32.940 I swear to God, it feels like... 479 01:08:33.020 --> 01:08:36.250 - It feels like- - It's beating, like, three times as fast as it should be. 480 01:08:42.430 --> 01:08:43.920 So cold. 481 01:08:45.160 --> 01:08:46.650 So cold. 482 01:08:48.770 --> 01:08:50.670 Oh. 483 01:08:50.740 --> 01:08:52.290 Hey. 484 01:08:52.370 --> 01:08:54.770 Blue John. 485 01:08:58.810 --> 01:09:03.300 I... love... you. 486 01:09:03.380 --> 01:09:05.040 There you are. 487 01:09:06.180 --> 01:09:09.480 Rana. I've been thinking about you, girl. 488 01:09:09.550 --> 01:09:11.450 I've been thinking about you, girl. 489 01:09:11.520 --> 01:09:13.180 I admit it. I admit it. 490 01:09:17.400 --> 01:09:19.920 I know how I am. I tried to do everything. 491 01:09:20.000 --> 01:09:22.190 - Where I was. - I tried. 492 01:09:22.270 --> 01:09:24.000 Aron? Where are you? 493 01:09:24.070 --> 01:09:26.000 Where are you? 494 01:09:38.320 --> 01:09:40.310 What are you guys doing here? 495 01:09:41.020 --> 01:09:43.420 Eddie? Tom? 496 01:09:43.490 --> 01:09:46.220 Hey, you guys. What's going on? 497 01:09:47.430 --> 01:09:49.890 Eric? Hey. 498 01:09:51.560 --> 01:09:53.860 You look like the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. 499 01:09:57.240 --> 01:09:59.030 Dorks. 500 01:10:02.270 --> 01:10:04.260 Found you, Aron. 501 01:10:11.680 --> 01:10:15.310 Sis, I'm sorry that I won't be at your wedding. 502 01:10:15.390 --> 01:10:20.090 I know that I promised to play, that we'd play. 503 01:10:20.160 --> 01:10:21.750 I'm sorry. 504 01:10:21.830 --> 01:10:24.600 I know it'll be a good one. 505 01:10:26.100 --> 01:10:28.900 8:15. There's no raven. 506 01:10:28.970 --> 01:10:31.300 8:20. 507 01:10:31.370 --> 01:10:33.200 8:30. My raven didn't come. 508 01:10:36.370 --> 01:10:39.570 I've been thinking. 509 01:10:40.410 --> 01:10:42.570 Everything is... 510 01:10:43.950 --> 01:10:46.710 - It just comes together. - You're gonna be so lonely, Aron. 511 01:10:46.780 --> 01:10:48.950 - Have a good one. - Always do. 512 01:10:49.020 --> 01:10:50.250 Laters! 513 01:10:50.320 --> 01:10:53.150 - It's me. - Aron, it's Mom. 514 01:10:53.220 --> 01:10:55.590 - I was hoping to catch you. - I chose this. 515 01:10:55.660 --> 01:10:57.920 Dad's in New York, so it'll be a quiet weekend. 516 01:10:58.000 --> 01:10:59.220 I chose all of this. 517 01:10:59.300 --> 01:11:02.560 Call me, okay? Lots of love. 518 01:11:04.800 --> 01:11:06.430 This rock. 519 01:11:08.070 --> 01:11:10.560 This rock has been waiting for me my entire life. 520 01:11:10.640 --> 01:11:14.630 I hate this rock! 521 01:11:15.880 --> 01:11:17.780 - In its entire life... - ever since it was... 522 01:11:17.850 --> 01:11:20.210 a bit of meteorite... 523 01:11:20.280 --> 01:11:21.950 a million billion years ago... 524 01:11:22.020 --> 01:11:23.680 How the fuck did this get here? 525 01:11:23.750 --> 01:11:25.240 up there in space... 526 01:11:25.320 --> 01:11:27.150 it's been waiting... 527 01:11:28.160 --> 01:11:30.590 to come here... 528 01:11:30.660 --> 01:11:32.860 right- right here. 529 01:11:36.100 --> 01:11:38.360 I've been moving towards it my whole life. 530 01:11:38.440 --> 01:11:42.100 The minute I was born, every breath I've taken... 531 01:11:42.170 --> 01:11:43.540 every action... 532 01:11:43.610 --> 01:11:46.770 has been leading me to this crack... 533 01:11:46.840 --> 01:11:49.010 on the earth's surface. 534 01:14:32.140 --> 01:14:34.510 Oh! 535 01:14:41.290 --> 01:14:43.280 Oh. 536 01:14:51.960 --> 01:14:57.500 Oh. Oh. 537 01:16:03.470 --> 01:16:05.530 Okay. Come on. 538 01:16:40.000 --> 01:16:41.670 Don't pass out. 539 01:18:03.820 --> 01:18:04.980 Don't fall asleep. 540 01:19:43.150 --> 01:19:44.640 Thank you. 541 01:21:53.420 --> 01:21:55.080 Easy. 542 01:22:00.690 --> 01:22:03.350 Easy. Come on. 543 01:22:59.080 --> 01:23:00.550 Oh! 544 01:25:28.270 --> 01:25:29.430 Help! 545 01:25:33.240 --> 01:25:35.970 Please! 546 01:25:36.040 --> 01:25:37.940 Help me! 547 01:25:43.210 --> 01:25:44.810 I need help! 548 01:25:57.330 --> 01:26:00.590 My name is Aron Ral- Aron Ralston. 549 01:26:00.660 --> 01:26:02.860 This Saturday I was trapped by a boulder. 550 01:26:02.930 --> 01:26:05.990 I haven't had food or water for five days. 551 01:26:06.070 --> 01:26:07.560 This morning I cut my arm... 552 01:26:07.640 --> 01:26:10.440 This morning I cut my arm off. 553 01:26:11.810 --> 01:26:14.540 Please. Some water? 554 01:26:17.150 --> 01:26:18.810 Thank you. 555 01:26:27.260 --> 01:26:30.890 - Do you have a phone? - Yes, but no signal. 556 01:26:30.960 --> 01:26:33.760 You should stop and rest. 557 01:26:33.830 --> 01:26:35.990 No. I've gotta keep going. 558 01:26:37.270 --> 01:26:39.170 Can one of you run? 559 01:26:39.240 --> 01:26:41.570 Can one of you run ahead?