127 Defining Moments, 127 Hours + CSN Giveaway Winner!

James Franco as Aron Ralston in "127 Hours"

127 Defining Moments seeks to inspire people to share their own life-changing and inspiring experiences in the great outdoors. Share your defining moment and you could be one of 126 stories chosen for the website, as well as winning prizes from Eddie Bauer, First Ascent, Sierra Designs, Larabar and Camelback - entries will be judged by Outside Magazine editors on November 12th.

For those of you who don't know about him, Aron Ralston was an adventurer who became trapped by a rock in a canyon for 6 days. In order to survive and get out, Aron amputated his own arm. Snce then he has continued his adventures. Fox Searchlight pictures has made a movie of his life, "127 Hours," which will be released November 5th.

Synopsis: 127 HOURS is the new film from Danny Boyle, the Academy Award winning director of 2008's Best Picture, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. 127 HOURS is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolate canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers (Clémence Poésy), family, and the last two people he ever had the chance to meet? A visceral thrilling story that will take an audience on a never before experienced journey and prove what we can do when we choose life.

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