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.
Read by Nando Parrado and Josh Davis
(p) 2006 Orion Publishing Group
© 2006 Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Audiobook): 9780752885728
Data wydania
Audiobook: 18 maja 2006
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.
Read by Nando Parrado and Josh Davis
(p) 2006 Orion Publishing Group
© 2006 Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Audiobook): 9780752885728
Data wydania
Audiobook: 18 maja 2006
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3 kwi 2024
This is probably one of the most shocking and simultaneously touching and inspiring books I've ever read. It's worth noting that the film about these events was based on another book, "Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors" by Piers Paul Read, published in 1974. That was a documentary, while here we have a personal account, full of emotions, reflections, and feelings. "Miracle in the Andes" was first published in 2006, and it's an incredible testimony of survival under incredibly harsh conditions. Above all, it's a story about love as a driving force, perseverance, sacrifice, courage, motivation, resourcefulness, and the cooperation and support of friends. About doubt and rising above it, and the tough decisions that are hard to even imagine. Of course, there are moments that make one feel nauseous when reading/listening... not for the faint-hearted, but overall, it's very much worth it!
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