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Miracle in the Andes

72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home

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Miracle in the Andes

By: Nando Parrado
Narrated by: Josh Davis, Nando Parrado
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 On 13 October 1972, the members of a top Uruguayan rugby team were flying over the Andes to play in Chile. Their plane crashed into a mountain and was stranded 11,000 feet up on an inhospitable glacier. Many died instantly in the crash, including the person sitting next to Nando, but others survived. They had almost no food or suitable equipment to withstand temperatures as low as -35C, and had to eat the bodies of their dead team-mates to survive. With the prospect only of a slow death, and no rescue likely, Nando and one of his friends set off on an impossible journey, walking and climbing for ten days in search of help. Finally, after 72 days, the 16 survivors were brought to safety.©2006 Nando Parrado; (P)2006 Orion Publishing Group Ltd. Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Climbing & Mountaineering Outdoors & Nature Survival Inspiring Heartfelt Sports

Critic reviews

Given up for dead after an air crash in the Andes in 1972, Nando Parrado not only survived but showed the strength and determination that saved his own life and that of his fifteen friends. Now he gives his own account of his ordeal -enthralling, enlightening, modest, and moving. An impressive testimony to what love can achieve (Piers Paul Read, author of Alive)
Miracle in the Andes is an astonishing account of an unimaginable ordeal. In straightforward, staggeringly honest prose, Nando Parrado tells us what it took - and what it actually felt like - to survive high in the Andes 72 days after having been given up for dead. If you pick this book up, you will not be able to put it down (Jon Krakauer, author of Into Thin Air)
Fantastic - it's the most emotional book I've ever read (Sir Jackie Stewart)
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A beautiful experience to hear and share. May they all live in peace champions

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It was lovely to hear Nando and his account. The 1st hand experience and his thought process.

Moving and motivating

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So wonderful to hear what happened to everyone. Lots of children born & happy lives continued. Such a relief after the suffering on the mountain. Loved hearing Nando speak.

It's all about love, how amazing!

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A powerful tale of the strength and resilience it took Nando Parrado and his fellow survivors to help each other survive told with an incredible humility and depth of character.

Incredible

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An excellent listen, highly recomended,an amazing story,well written and told

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