Are you strong enough could you do it?

I've never been the loner type I'm a people person and I know there is safety in numbers, so I would have most likely had another person with me in case things want wrong also I love nature but going out in the desert mountains miles away from civilization is not my idea of fun, but everyone different I guess I agree that if you gonna go out somewhere like in the film you should always bring someone with you and tell people where your going. and No I would not have lived long enough to make the decision to sever the arm I don't do well physically without food for more then 24 hours let along cut a limb.

I wouldnt either, in fact i dont think thats even possible with all the will power in the world to survive! I could be wrong but 127 days with little water and no food seems like an impossible feat. As impossible at it already sounds you add in that you have to cut off your own arm? I dont think anyone would survive.! (:

The thing is I already know how my body responds without food for 24 hours, and I get physically sick very fast without food I could not imagine having to go without food for more then a day and then muster enough physical strength to sever a limb, No for me it would not be a matter of adrenaline for me my body could not last without food for more then 24 hours I'd be faint and jittery so fast that I'd probably die from the lack of food alone I'm not over weight either I just get phyically ill fast without food, so honstly I'd be a goner forget about the limb removal I would not live long enough to remove the limb.

this is a very good point. Im not fat but i cant imagine living that long with out food either

The film was actually titled 127 Hours, but still a very long time to be trapped without food and water I know most people are capable of doing amazing things when in extreme situations But I also think that the real person that the film is based on had a certain level of endurance because of his mountain climbing and other athletic experience it provided him better odds, I mean his endurance training may have helped him to survive and possible gave him the physical, and mental strength to ultimately remove his limb, and live through the harsh conditions of the mountain desert That said the average person who does not have the same physical endurance, I'm referring to regular folks who do not exercise or like the outdoors, and also never had any type of survival knowledge or training might not have the same odds as the real person did, and the character in the film, hopefully no one else will have to test that theory any time soon or better yet ever.

I would of course want to survive, but my body is not strong enough to go without food and water for 127 hours I know my own body, and as much as I'd want to live I know how quickly my body gets sick without nourishment I would feel so shaky after only one day from the lack of food I would not even be able to hold the knife to cut the limb I'm not physically conditioned to handle anything close to what the character did in the film The film is based on a real person who was and still is an athlete and an experienced climber and biker also in a TV interview he stated that he had a bit of medical training, so this person obviously had better odds then most people would have in that sort of situation I have gone through some amazing things though nothing as extreme as the person in the film, but I've gone without food for 17 hours many years ago, due to circumstance beyond my control, and I got so sick I know I'm not capable of going through anything close to what the character in the film had to go through, I'd love to be able to say I could but my body is not that strong also I don't have the athletic conditioning or training to help me through something like that.