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Near-death experience gives adventurer Aron Ralston new perspective on life
WAILEA, Hawaii — Aron Ralston discovers true importance of life in a near-death experience where he was given the chance to escape death.
Aron Ralston
“What I was experiencing is that there is no force on earth more powerful than the will… to love. It is not what you do that is important in life; it is about who you are,” Ralston said during the keynote session at the Hawaiian Eye 2015 meeting.
While climbing down a slot canyon in Southern Utah, Ralston loosened a boulder that crushed his right arm against a canyon wall. After 127 hours, Ralston broke and amputated his arm in an effort to survive.
“When trauma happens, we choose whether it is going to be tragedy or a triumph.” Ralston said. “We choose whether we are going to be victims or victors.”
Everyone has a “boulder” in their life due to stress, uncertainty and fear, according to Ralston.
“You do whatever it takes in order to turn those boulders into triumphs,” Ralston said. “When the boulders come [and they will] may your boulders be your blessings too.”
Ralston has written an internationally best-selling book,
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Ralston is an engineer, motivational speaker and author of the book,