Miracle in the Andes
72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
Nando Parrado(Author)
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7528-7974-1 (ISBN)
Description
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 were rescued.
In MIRACLE IN THE ANDES Nando shows how the strength and camaraderie of a team, and his love for his family and the father he was determined to see again, enabled him to overcome impossible odds and survive.
In MIRACLE IN THE ANDES Nando shows how the strength and camaraderie of a team, and his love for his family and the father he was determined to see again, enabled him to overcome impossible odds and survive.
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
8 B/W Photo\Illu(s),8 Colour Photo\Illu(s),2 Map(s)
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7528-7974-1 (9780752879741)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Nando Parrado is a successful businessman, television producer and presenter and lectures around the world.