Colorado Climber Amputates Own Arm; To Have Surgery
A self portrait of Aron Ralston atop of Castle Peak taken December 26, 2002 when he made a solo climb of the mountain is posted at a climbing shop in Aspen, Colo., on Saturday, May 3, 2003. Ralston, 27, who is recovering in a Grand Junction, Colo., hospit
GREEN RIVER, Utah - Aron Ralston, a climber who cut off his arm to free himself from a huge boulder, is improving and will have surgery Monday to close his wound.
Surgeons may have to shorten the bone so Ralston will be able to wear a prosthetic arm, hospital officials said. He was hospitalized in fair condition after his six-day ordeal.