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I was able to first snap the radius and then within another few minutes snap the ulna at the wrist and from there, I had the knife out and applied the tourniquet and went to task. It was a process that took about an hour.

Aron Ralston
Knives, Tasks, Able
"How I snapped bone and cut off my arm, by US climber" by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. May 9, 2003.
I was able to first snap the radius and then within another few minutes snap the ulna at the wrist and from there, I had the knife out and applied the tourniquet and went to task. It was a process that took about an