Miracle in the Andes : 72 days on the mountain and my long trek home Cet. 1
Author
Parrado, Nando
Additional Author(s)
Rause, Vince
Publisher
New York: Broadway Books, 2006
Language
English
ISBN
9781400097692
Series
Subject(s)
ANVENTURE AND ADVENTURES
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
Notes
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Abstract
In October 1972, Nando Parrado and his rugby club teammates were on a flight from Uruguay to Chile when their plane crashed into a mountain. Miraculously, many of the passengers survived but Nando's mother and sister died and he was unconscious for three days.
Stranded more than 11,000 feet up in the wilderness of the Andes, the survivors soon heard that the search for them had been called off - and realise the only food for miles around was the bodies of their dead friends ...
In a last desperate bid for safety, Nando and a teammate set off in search of help. They climbed 17,000-foot-high mountains, facing death at every step, but inspired by his love for his family Nando drove them on until, finally, 72 days after the crash, they found rescue.
