Miracle in the Andes : 72 days on the mountain and my long trek home
Parrado, Nando, 1949-2006
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The plane in which the members of a top Uruguayan rugby team were flying crashed into a mountain and was stranded 11,000 feet up on a glacier. 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.
Main title:
Miracle in the Andes : 72 days on the mountain and my long trek home / Nando Parrada ; with Vince Rause.
Imprint:
London : Orion, 2006.
Collation:
274 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780752871936 (hbk)
Dewey class:
363.124092920
Local class:
BIO PARR
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1960005
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