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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 treacherous slopes of a snow-capped mountain and across forty-five miles of frozen wilderness in an attempt to find help. Thirty years after the disaster Nando tells his story with remarkable candor and depth of feeling. Miracle in the Andes--a first person account of the crash and its aftermath--is more than a riveting tale of true-life adventure: it is a revealing look at life at the edge of death and a meditation on the limitless redemptive power of love.From the Hardcover edition.
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Cannibalism, Sports & Recreations, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, Antropofagia, Supervivencia (después de accidentes aéreos, naufragios, etc.), Víctimas de accidentes aeronáuticos, Aircraft accident victims, Airplane crash survival, Aircraft accidents, Aeronáutica, Accidentes, Biography & Autobiography, Biography, Nonfiction, Parrado, Nando, -- 1949-, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, Aircraft accidents -- Andes Region, Cannibalism -- Andes Region, Aircraft accident victims -- Uruguay -- Biography, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc., South america, biography, Survival, Victimes d'accidents d'avion, Biographies, Cannibalisme, Aéronautique, Accidents, Survie après accidents d'avion, naufrages, BiografíaPeople
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Andes (Región), Andes Region, UruguayShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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Miracle in the Andes: 72 days on the mountain and my long trek home
2006, Crown Publishers
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Milagro en los Andes: mis 72 días en la montaña y mi largo regreso a casa
2006, Planeta
in Spanish
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8408067095 9788408067092
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Miracle in the Andes: 72 days on the mountain and my long trek home
2006, Crown Publishers
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140009769X 9781400097692
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Miracle in the Andes
2006, Crown Publishing Group
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0307347028 9780307347022
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