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I kind of entered a flow state. I've been there before while climbing. You are not thinking ahead. You are just thinking about what is in front of you each second.

Aron Ralston

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Aron Ralston
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: November 26
Autobiographer
Engineer
Motivational Speaker
Mountaineer
Marion
Ohio
Aron Lee Ralston
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Climbing
Thinking
Ahead
Flow
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Second
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