Miracle In The Andes
Author(s): Nando Parrado
When Nando Parrado took off on a flight from Uruguay to Chile with his rugby team-mates, he was looking forward to an enjoyable weekend break, and had invited his mother and sister along for the trip. Then disaster struck, as their plane crashed into a mountain. Miraculously, many of the passengers survived, but Nando's family died and he was unconscious for three days. Stranded 11,000 feet up on an inhospitable glacier, the survivors had almost no food or suitable equipment to withstand temperatures as low as -40C. Meagre supplies rapidly diminished, and soon they heard on the radio that the search for them had been called off. It was then that they realised the only food for miles around was the bodies of their dead friends... In a final, desperate bid for safely, Nando and one of his friends set off on an impossible journey, climbing 17,000 feet-high mountains, facing death at every step. Finally, on the twelfth day of their journey, and 72 days after the crash, they saw a hill farmer and the survivors found rescue.
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'His story is awesome. It is also enthralling, inspirational and an impressive testimony to one man's unquenchable instinct for survival and to the amazing resilience of the human spirit' Daily Mail. This first, first-hand account brings an entirely new perspective to this famous story. The story of the Andes plane crash and rescue has already been a highly successful film and bestselling book. MIRACLE IN THE ANDES attracted massive media attention on publication. 'An utterly compelling read' Sunday Express. 'Far and away the best book I've read this year is Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado, survivor and rescuer of the others who lived by desperate means through the horrific 1972 Andes plane crash' Publishing News. 'This book not only reveals the lengths to which humans will go to survive, it makes you question your own strengths and weaknesses ... [this] dramatic story is moving, powerful and riveting' Daily Express.
'this extremely humbling version of version of events tells how they sacrificed so much to survive their predictament. Overcoming adversity is rarely this tough' STUFF
Nando Parrado, after surviving the Andes plane crash, has gone on to become a successful businessman and television producer and presenter. He speaks five languages, is a hugely successful lecturer around the world, and in his spare time races motorcycles and stock cars.
General Fields
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- : Orion Publishing Co
- : Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- : 0.283
- : April 2007
- : 198mm X 129mm X 23mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Nando Parrado
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 363.124
- : 320
- : 45 B/W Photo\Illu(s),15 Colour Photo\Illu(s),2 Map(s)
