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How to Amputate Your Own Arm Like Aron Ralston in '127 Hours'

By Anna RothschildAug 26th 2010 – 10:02AM

(Aug. 26) -- In "127 Hours," the new film by Danny Boyle, James Franco plays Aron Ralston, the mountaineer who (SPOILER ALERT!) was forced to amputate his own arm after he got it trapped between a fallen boulder and a sandstone wall while solo-climbing a Utah canyon back in '03. Watch more YouTube videos on AOL...

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