AOL News is joining forces with The Huffington Post to bring you the best original reporting, insight and opinion on the web. Join HuffPost Social News using your AOL account!

aron ralston News

aron ralston News From AOL News

Opinion: How About a Little Respect for Hollywood Screenwriters?

Feb 25th 2011 – 5:00AM
Roadside Attractions

Roadside Attractions

The Oscars are coming! While the usual pundits are busy sharpening their predictions and betting on the biggies -- best actor, best director, best picture -- I would like to say a word for the oft-forgotten writing nominations. Scripts are the seeds of thought that movies grow from. Not many films get made without them...

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...

aron ralston News From the Web

  • 05/04/12 Rescuers move boulder to free trapped climber Source: The Daily Sentinel - Grand Junction CO Several dozen rescuers moved a boulder the size of a washing machine to free a rock climber who was pinned when the boulder shifted.

Background on aron ralston

Aron Lee Ralston (born October 27, 1975) is an American outdoorsman, engineer and motivational speaker.

more at wikipedia »