So...would you?
 

lol, i just read about that on snopes and was about to post it here...

Man that takes some balls.

The guy was up there for 5 days, so I suppose at some point you have to make a decision. Stay here with no food or water and hope that someone finds me within a day or two or die of dehydration, or cut my arm off and cimb down the moutain.

I don't think anyone could truthfully answer this question until we were in the stiuation. But man, thats crazy.

I'd do it. Prostetics are pretty good nowadays, and I'd still be able to rock climb with a fake arm.

Uh, you do know how much pain that would cause?

[quote="Old Reliable":45846]Uh, you do know how much pain that would cause?[/quote:45846]
Better that than dying. Just bite down on something and cut away.

oOo:

[quote="Old Reliable":0a07a]Uh, you do know how much pain that would cause?[/quote:0a07a]

Desperate times call for desperate measures. It's like that Rugby team that ate eachother when their plane crashed. Or the story of that guy that went to Tibet, that had to hide inside a Horses dead body from Bandits. All true, and all done under extreme hardship. Life or Death.

I just dont think anyone can comprehend the idea of cutting their own arm off. cutting first through the skin, massive amounts of blood loss and slicing through the tissue. hitting the bone and slicing through the marrow. then you gotta stop the bleeding!

Yeah, it'd be RIDICULOUSLY painful. Now that I think about it, I wouldn't do it. But if I was in his position, I might. Maybe his arm was numb enough from the boulder or whatever the hell was on it, that he didn't feel it? oOo:

lol it is kinda humorous, how can you just leave your arm behind?

LOL. Some kid is going to be mountain climbing with his family, sit down to take a drink and sit on some guys bloody left over arm. Hah.

Well i'm sure he tied his arm off as tight as he could to stop as much of the bleeding as possible.

I mean, look as the wars previous to the 20th century. When someone had to have a limb amputated you pretty much had to bear down and take it. Maybe with some alcohol, but still pretty painful. Only real difference is maybe better tools than a pocket knife and you didn't have to do it yourself.

I think the psychological thing is almost as bad as the physical pain. I don't think anyone could really comprehend cutting off their own arm, if someone is doing it to you, you may not have a choice, but doing it voluntarily is a different story.

ima quiter, so no i wouldnt cut me arm off

it takes brass balls to do that

sometimes when you are in huge pain, your body will be in so much shock that you cant really feel anything, so he probably cut his arm off because he couldnt feel it from the shock of being trapped

Well if he was there for 5 days you can expect that he was pretty tired. Try staying in one spot for 5 days with little food and water. So he could have been so fatigued that he might not have felt pain as a normal person would have.

Personally I think I am to much of a chicken shit to cut my own arm off, but I might if the situation arose.

1) 800lbs. boulder falling on his arm. It crushed all the bones, muscles, and most importantly nerves. It hurt but he was spared a ton of pain.
2) no water for 2 days, he had maybe 8 hours left to live no matter what
3) He was alone
4)If he was gonna die, it would have happened already from shock, he didnt die.
5) HE had a knife and was willing to lose a limd for a life.
6) hes a mountain climber, he risks his neck everytime he does it.
The guys got more tha nbig balls, his are made of granite. I would probably have cut my arm off. Knowing me It would be as I died of dehydration.

But what if for some reason you had to cut your penis off to live, would you do it or die.

Ugh. . .did he think after the 4th day "Man, this 800-pound boulder isn't budging!" heh

[quote="Cpt. Obvious":d2e12]But what if for some reason you had to cut your penis off to live, would you do it or die.[/quote:d2e12]

uh, and what situation would require this?

[quote="Old Reliable":6f3e3][quote="Cpt. Obvious":6f3e3]But what if for some reason you had to cut your penis off to live, would you do it or die.[/quote:6f3e3]

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I dont know it was hypythetical.

If a boulder fell on your penis and you were trapped for 5 days with no water.

while having oral sex, Big Martha dies and her mouth is clamped down on your schlong. Do you cut it off? Or wait it until you decays?

ureathral rape her

first off i will make sure I am not in any of those situations, and second off, I would do anything to recover the penis because once it's gone its gone. shit, how can a man live without a dick. every guy feels for john bobbit

i'd cut her head off and keep it in my pants

that really would hurt, imagine how long it would take to cut off your own arm with a pocketknife oOo:

like the article said, the boulder crushed his arm. So, when he cut his arm, he basically had to cut through tissue and not much bone since it was already broken. YES, that would be painful, but not as much as you would think in my opinion.

i dont know man, that would take massive balls, but like nintey9 said, cant say unless im in the situation