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Miracle in the Andes : the true story of surviving 72 days on the mountain against all odds by Nando Parrado, Nando Parrado, Vince Rause, Daniel Philpott, Parrado, Nando; Rause, Vince, Vince Rause Nando Parrado, Parrado Nando Staff is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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In the first hours there was nothing, no fear or sadness, just a black and perfect silence.Nando Parrado was unconscious for three days before he woke to discover that the plane carrying his rugby team, as well as their family members and supporters, to an exhibition game in Chile had crashed somewhere deep in the Andes. He soon learned that many were dead or dying--among them his own mother and sister. Those who remained were stranded on a lifeless glacier at nearly 12,000 feet above sea level, with no supplies and no means of summoning help. They struggled to endure freezing temperatures, deadly avalanches, and then the devastating news that the search for them had been called off. As time passed and Nando's thoughts turned increasingly to his father, who he knew must be consumed with grief, Nando resolved that he must get home or die trying. He would challenge the Andes, even though he was certain the effort would kill him, telling himself that even if he failed he would die that much closer to his father. It was a desperate decision, but it was also his only chance. So Nando, an ordinary young man with no disposition for leadership or heroism, led an expedition up the treachero

Author

Nando Parrado, Nando Parrado, Vince Rause, Daniel Philpott, Parrado, Nando; Rause, Vince, Vince Rause Nando Parrado, Parrado Nando Staff

Publisher

Orion Publishing Group, Limited; W & N

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781474608732

Subjects

Engineering, Fiction, History