You remember Aron Ralston, I'm sure. He's the Colorado adventurer who cut off his right arm to free himself after being trapped in a Utah slot canyon for six days. It's a wild, emotional story that really hits home. Could you have survived? Could I? I wonder.

Anyway, I taped the Dateline NBC special on Ralston, Desperate Days in Blue John Canyon, when it aired last September. And a number of readers have since asked me for a copy of the video.

Uh, well, um, I can't do that. Sorry. Copyright laws seriously frown on that kind of thing. And I just can't get that excited about the idea of a 5'x8' cell with no windows and bad food. You understand, right?!

I did call NBC News about obtaining a legit copy, but the number was "no longer in service." It might not have mattered anyway, as I read something on their site about NBC News stories that were more than 50 days old weren't available. So no luck there.

A printed transcript is available from Burrell Transcript Service, although I realize that's not quite the same.

Digging further, I came across an NPR interview with Aron Ralston done by Alan Chadwick. It's about 8 minutes long and pretty intense. That may be the next best thing.

There's always the book, of course, Between a Rock and a Hard Place. Reed of Santa Rosa CA tells me it was a "gripping, and terrific, and terrifying book." It's up next (finally) on my winter reading list...