Maroon Bells and the Sleeping Sexton in winter.
Mount Sopris.
The equipment I carried into Blue John Canyon. All original, except the CamelBak, webbing, and burritos.
The tourniquet, and the multi-tool.
In Blue John Canyon-the last photograph of my right hand.
Megan McBride and Kristi Moore.
The S-log at the entrance to the lower slot of Blue John Canyon.
The gauntlet in the lower slot of Blue John Canyon, fifteen yards above the accident site.
Forty-eight hours into the entrapment.
*** Day three.
11:36 A.M., Thursday, May 1, 2003.
At the bottom of the Big Drop rappel, forty-five minutes after the amputation.
At the pool of water below the Big Drop.
The rescue helicopter.
My rescuers: Mitch Vetere, Greg Funk, Terry Mercer, Kyle Ekker, and Steve Swanke.
Climbing the North Face Direct of North Maroon Peak, May 2004.
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