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  • Wombat
    Super MURCer
    • Aug 2000
    • 9498

    #1

    Colorado: F**king hardcore

    A Coloradoan was hiking and trapped by a boulder. So he cuts off his own arm to survive. With a pocketknife.

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  • Jon P. Inghram
    Super MURCer
    • Oct 1999
    • 3878

    #2

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    • Novdid
      Super MURCer
      • Nov 2000
      • 2609

      #3
      Yeah sure, !!!

      That bloody idiot who is supposed to be an "avid outdoorsman", should have known that you should never go hiking alone in the mountains!

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      • Nowhere
        Super MURCer
        • Jun 2002
        • 4830

        #4
        or eventually not without GSM phone...but I guess the possibility of using them even in mountains is somewhat Poland (smaller countries overall) specyfic...

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        • KvHagedorn
          Super MURCer
          • Aug 1999
          • 10725

          #5
          Alright.. best lesson ever heard for not hiking alone!

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          • Tjalfe
            Super MURCer
            • Nov 2002
            • 3053

            #6
            I wonder how he coped with the pain, while his pocket knife sawed through the bones... must have been super painfull!
            He defenitely should have brought a satellite phone or something.. chances are there is no regular cell service there.
            We have enough youth - What we need is a fountain of smart!


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            • Dr Mordrid
              Moderator
              • Apr 2001
              • 26592

              #7
              I carry a small cats paw/crowbar when hunting, hiking or camping for prying stuff, but a 200 lb boulder? He couldn't push that off with the other arm? Weaking....

              This guy needed to go to the gym before going out alone like that.

              Dr. Mordrid
              Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 2 May 2003, 08:17.
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              • Kruzin
                Jeepin' to the grave
                • Aug 1999
                • 6527

                #8
                The local news reported it as a 1000 lb boulder.
                Rescuers went to the location to try and retrieve the arm, but where unable to move the rock as well...
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                • Tjalfe
                  Super MURCer
                  • Nov 2002
                  • 3053

                  #9
                  makes more sense now... 200lbs is not very much at all...
                  did your local news say how he managed to get under such a boulder?
                  We have enough youth - What we need is a fountain of smart!


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                  • Helevitia
                    Super MURCer
                    • Aug 1999
                    • 6628

                    #10
                    Jesus! I guess if you think you are going to die, you will do anything.

                    Dave
                    Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants and slide on the ice.

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                    • Dr Mordrid
                      Moderator
                      • Apr 2001
                      • 26592

                      #11
                      Between you, me and the wall that boulder should have fell on his short arm....that way he couldn't pass on the defective brain genes that got him into that situation.

                      Dr. Mordrid
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                      • Technoid
                        Super MURCer
                        • Sep 1999
                        • 7645

                        #12
                        News update:
                        He is at it again
                        My local paper reports that he will continue to climb as soon as he gets his prostesis
                        If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

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                        • ZokesPro
                          Serial Murcerer
                          • Sep 2000
                          • 8325

                          #13
                          Follow-up Story!

                          Rangers Find Arm That Climber Amputated
                          Titanium is the new bling!
                          (you heard from me first!)

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                          • KvHagedorn
                            Super MURCer
                            • Aug 1999
                            • 10725

                            #14
                            Grim.. to think in the age of cell-sat phones, 99.99999% of them are used for idle chatter, but when this guy needs to call for help he doesn't have one, and has to resort to this.

                            I could never do that.. I WOULD never do that.. They'd find me dead first.

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                            • ZokesPro
                              Serial Murcerer
                              • Sep 2000
                              • 8325

                              #15
                              If the ground under the arm was loose enough he could have dug his arm out from underneath the rock, all depending on the surroundings.
                              Titanium is the new bling!
                              (you heard from me first!)

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