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Aron Ralston

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Aron Lee Ralston (born October 27, 1975) is an American mountaineer, mechanical engineer, and motivational speaker, known for surviving a canyoneering accident by cutting off part of his own right arm. On April 26, 2003, during a solo descent of Bluejohn Canyon in southeastern Utah, he dislodged a boulder, pinning his right wrist to the side of the canyon wall. After five days, he had to break his forearm, amputate it with a dull pocket knife to break free, make his way through the rest of the canyon, rappel down a 65-foot (20 m) drop, and hike 7 miles (11 km) to safety. The incident is documented in Ralston's autobiography Between a Rock and a Hard Place and is the subject of the 2010 film 127 Hours in which he is portrayed by James Franco. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aron Ralston is the 268th most popular engineer (down from 238th in 2019), the 6,745th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,945th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Aron Ralston ranks 268 out of 389. Before him are Pierre Cérésole, Paul Mauser, Gerhard Fieseler, Frederick W. Lanchester, Konstantin Kalinin, and Alexander Mikulin. After him are Ernest Goüin, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Butler Lampson, Nikolay Makarov, Frances Spence, and Jean-Augustin Barral.

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Among people born in 1975, Aron Ralston ranks 112. Before him are Rubén Baraja, Freddy Rodriguez, Tara Reid, Marek Špilár, Elena Anaya, and Mary Pierce. After him are Cosmin Contra, Manuel Ferrara, Anderson Silva, Linda Cardellini, Gala, and Keiko Fujimori.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Aron Ralston ranks 6,747 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Hays (1947), Little Walter (1930), Akebono Tarō (1969), Kurt Fuller (1953), Robert Guillaume (1927), and Peter Fleming (1955). After him are Martin Donovan (1957), Kerry Washington (1977), Mike Resnick (1942), Nancy Wilson (1954), Randy Orton (1980), and Bonnie Raitt (1949).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Aron Ralston ranks 23. Before him are Gene Kranz (1933), Seymour Cray (1925), Jon Postel (1943), Charles F. Brush (1849), Ed Heinemann (1908), and Ransom E. Olds (1864). After him are Butler Lampson (1943), Frances Spence (1922), Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Eugene Polley (1915), and Burt Rutan (1943).

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