Aron Ralston Quotes

I'd Fallen In Love With A Woman But She Broke Up With Me And I Was Devastated. Six Months Later, I Went Into A Suicidal Depression From The Break-up Of The Relationship, But I Resolved To Not Do What My Friends Had Done. And So I Reached Out For Help

When I Climb A Fourteener, A 14,000-foot/4,260-meter Peak, In The Winter By Myself, I Leave An Itinerary And Information About Where My Vehicle Will Be Parked And The Name Of The County Sheriff To Contact In Case I Don't Get Home.

I Feel Like I'm Climbing As Well, If Not Better, Than Ever.

It Adds Up, But I Deem It All Necessary, Even The Camera Gear. I Enjoy Photographing The Otherworldly Colors And Shapes Presented In The Convoluted Depths Of Slot Canyons And The Prehistoric Artwork Preserved In Their Alcoves.

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!

Judging By My Degradation In The Last 24 Hours, I'll Be Surprised If I Make It To Tuesday.

Bring Love And Peace And Happiness And Beautiful Lives Into The World In My Honor. Thank You. Love You.

I Was Accustomed To Being In Far, Far Riskier Environments. So I Thought Going Into That Canyon Was A Walk In The Park - There Were No Avalanches, It Was A Beautiful Day And I Was Essentially Just Walking.

Like Looking Through A Telescope Into The Milky Way And Wondering If We're Alone In The Universe, It Made Me Realize With The Glaring Clarity Of Desert Light How Scarce And Delicate Life Is, How Insignificant We Are Compared With The Forces Of Nature And The Dimensions Of Space.

Perhaps It’s Time, I Muse, To Close Those Chapters And Remember The Enduring Lesson Of My Entrapment: That Relationships, Not Accomplishments, Are What’s Important In Life.

I Certainly Made Mistakes.

I Kind Of Entered A Flow State. I've Been There Before While Climbing. You Are Not Thinking Ahead. You Are Just Thinking About What Is In Front Of You Each Second.