chockstone

Looking back, is there anything you wish you would've done differently while being held captive by the chockstone?

A Conversation with Aron Ralston 2010

I found a chockstone above my head, and managed to force my foot free.

Prester John 2005

Friday, then, before someone pops his or her head over that chockstone ten feet in front and above me.

127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004

Watching the beam scale the last three feet to where a suspended chockstone blocks it from my view, I realize it is the only direct sun I will get during the day.

127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004

The crack is actually a gap between the wall and the eight-foot-diameter chockstone suspended six feet in front of me.

127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004

Stashing my water bottle, urine supply, knife, and cameras in my backpack, I clear the top of the chockstone, lastly putting my scratched sunglasses on top of my head.

127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004

I set my knife on top of the chockstone and package my stump in the plastic grocery sack that had been stuffed between my right arm and the wall.

127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004

Cutting my climbing rope about thirty feet from one end, I loop one end of the short piece around my chockstone and tie it to itself.

127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004

Pulling my video camera out of my backpack again, I blow the grit off the lens and align it in its spot on top of the chockstone.

127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004

Then I feel my arm bend unnaturally in the unbudging grip of the chockstone.

127 Hours Aron Ralston 2004