Details You Didn't Know About Aron Ralston

As a result of the fateful incident that made him a household name and almost cost him his life, Ralston has, presumably, learned a thing or two about safety — specifically, not to go hiking alone (or at the very least, without telling loved ones where you'll be); to make sure you have the proper equipment with you when you go on an adventure; and to make sure environmental conditions are right before striking out.

However, prior to that, he was decidedly more, shall we say, cavalier about the whole thing. Specifically, as he wrote in his book, his nonchalance once cost him two friendships.

Ralston had befriended Mark Beverly and Chadwick Spencer, who shared with him his love of skiing and the outdoors. One day, not long before his arm-amputating incident, the three had gone to Colorado's Resolution Peak, only to be caught in an avalanche. Though everybody made it out of the incident okay, his friends stopped speaking to him after that, causing Ralston to rethink his approach to safety and risk.

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