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Aron Ralston, a Rare card
Aron Lee Ralston is an American mountaineer, mechanical engineer, and motivational speaker.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 61
- Power
- 130
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 450,000
Power 130 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Aron Ralston quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Aron Ralston card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He survived a ______ accident in 2003 by cutting off part of his own right arm.
Answer
canyoneering. He survived a canyoneering accident in 2003 by cutting off part of his own right arm. From the Aron Ralston article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
On April 26, ____, during a solo descent of Bluejohn Canyon in southeastern Utah, Ralston dislodged a boulder, pinning his right wrist to the side of the canyon wall.
Answer
2000s. On April 26, 2003, during a solo descent of Bluejohn Canyon in southeastern Utah, Ralston dislodged a boulder, pinning his right wrist to the side of the canyon wall. From the Aron Ralston article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of Tour de France general classification winners. List of Tour de France general classification winners 78 · Matrix multiplication 74 · Aron Ralston 69 · Hu Xiansu 66 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He survived a canyoneering accident in 2003 by cutting off part of his own right arm.
- On April 26, 2003, during a solo descent of Bluejohn Canyon in southeastern Utah, Ralston dislodged a boulder, pinning his right wrist to the side of the canyon wall.
- After five days, he had to break his forearm and amputate it with a dull pocket knife to break free.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Aron Ralston article was read about 450,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 61: each hit it takes is cut by 24 %.
How to get Aron Ralston
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Aron Ralston (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Aron Ralston, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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