英語翻譯
Last Sunday,Aron Ralston,an experienced hiker and mountaineer,set off to walk alone through the Bluejohn desert canyon (峽谷) in Utah.He was planning an eight-hour,21-kilometre hike.While he was climbing through a narrow part of the canyon,a huge stone weighing approximately 400 kilos fell and trapped his right arm.
When he failed to return to the mountain side where he was staying that night,people simply thought he had decided to camp out somewhere in the canyon.When he still had not returned by Tuesday,the alarm was raised.A search party set out on Wednesday evening,but there was no sign of the young man and his family began to fear the worst.
In fact,Ralston,27,was lying trapped in the canyon.By Tuesday,he had run out of water.By Thursday,he realized that he would not survive unless he took action,so he used his pocket knife to amputate his arm below the elbow.He then applied a tourniquet and climbed down to the bottom of the canyon.There he met two other hikers,who helped him back to safety.He received medical help at a local hospital before being transferred to St.Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction,Colorado for surgery.
Ralston’s astonishing survival brought equal amounts of praise and criticism.Whilst praising the climber for his bravery and calm,experts also pointed out that he had broken the first rule of outdoor exercise.He had failed to leave word with anyone of where he was going that day.
This was in fact Ralston’s second near-death experience.In February,he was buried up to the neck in snow by a snowstorm while skiing in the Colorado Rockies.Ralston not only managed to dig himself out but he also rescued his skiing companion,who had been completely buried in the snow.Ralston rescued himself and his friend in less than 15 minutes.