So a hiker's arm is pinned under an 800 lbs. boulder. So he amputates his arm, finishes hiking, which includes RAPELLING DOWN AN 80 FOOT CLIFFf. Gets helicoptered to a hospital, and is able to walk - as in on his own two feet - into the emergency room.

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '><b>Link:</b> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Central/05/0 ... ex.html</a>

So a hiker's arm is pinned under an 800 lbs. boulder. So he amputates his arm, finishes hiking, which includes RAPELLING DOWN AN 80 FOOT CLIFFf. Gets helicoptered to a hospital, and is able to walk - as in on his own two feet - into the emergency room.</div>

[Tessian]

<div style='font: 11pt Dominion; text-align: left; '>god damn...did anyone retrieve his arm?</div>

[ManaMan]

<div style='font: 12pt Arial; text-align: left; '>Damn, that dude was a hard-ass.</div>

[Eric]

<div style='font: 11pt ; text-align: left; '>Can we get this man a cameo as the next tough guy in Metal Gear Solid 3?</div>

[Tortolia]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>No. Initial thought was that it was a 200 pound rock. Two guys went back to get the arm, found out it actually weighed half a ton, and they couldn't move it.</div>

[EsquE]

<div style='font: 10pt Baskerville; text-align: left; '>Goddam...what did he cut his arm off with? Jesus...oh yeah, Lox, you're a giant pussy :)</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>*reads Lox's message about a dislocated finger and then reads this one* =8^D</div>

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>A pocketknife.</div>

[G-man Joe]

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>A real man would have used a spoon. =8^)</div>

[Lox]

<div style='font: bold 9pt ; text-align: left; '>Hey, I only posted the story cuz it was something different that I've never done before. Not like I cried like Ish would have or anything. :)</div>

[EsquE]

<div style='font: 10pt Baskerville; text-align: left; '>What the...he cut through bone with a pocket knife? This guy has to have the highest pain tolerance, and sharpest pocket knife, in the world...the rock must have destroyed all the nerves so he didn't feel it...</div>

[Tortolia]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>After two days I'm sure the whole arm was pretty numb.</div>

[Shellie]

<div style='font: 11pt georgia; text-align: left; '>The rock probably crushed his bone, so he didnt have to cut it..just the skin, muscle, etc...ouch</div>

[Ganath]

<div style='font: 9pt ; text-align: left; '>That man is hardcore, I wouldn't mess with him even if he was quadriplegic.</div>