Aron Ralston
Survival: The Personality of Leadership
What started out as a routine hike, turned out nearly fatal when he was trapped under an 800 lb. bouulder 100 feet down in a narrow Utah "slip" Cannyon. After 6 days of heil, trying everything possible to free himself, he videotaped his goodbyes before doing the unthinkable... and lived to tell the story!

All he had was a flimsy pocketknife, but it worked. Aron Ralston will share his harrowing survival story and the leadership lessons learned in his recent experience of beating unbeatable odds. Millions of Americans have been inspired by his story and now his book is getting rave reviews. Find out how many corporations and organizations around the world are inspiring their clients and employees through Aron's story.

Aron was pinned in a 3-foot wide slot canyon near the Maze District of Canyonlands National Park. Ralston cut through his own arm below the elbow then applied a tourniquet and administered first aid to himself before rigging anchors and fixing a rope to rappel to the bottom of Blue John Canyon and beyond all odds, meet rescuers. Ralston, who was hiking alone when the boulder fell and pinned his right arm . Ralston told rescuers that on Thursday morning he realized he would not survive unless he took drastic action. He had run out of water on Tuesday.


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