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Search - Alive: Sixteen Men, Seventy-two Days, and Insurmountable Odds--the Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes (P.S.)
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Alive Sixteen Men Seventy-two Days and Insurmountable Odds--the Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes - P.S. Author: On October 12, 1972, an Uruguayan Air Force plane carrying a team of rugby players crashed in the remote snowy peaks of the Andes. Ten weeks later, only sixteen of the forty-five passengers were found alive. This is the story of those ten weeks spent in the shelter of the plane's fuselage without food and with scarcely any hope of a rescue. The ... more »
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Jennifer W. (GeniusJen) reviewed Alive: Sixteen Men, Seventy-two Days, and Insurmountable Odds--the Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes (P.S.) on + 7145 more book reviews
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Once I finally got into the book, this was a good story of survival. The men and women who crashed in the Andes had to overcome horrible situations -- injuries from the crash, an avalanche, and then the lack of food. What they did to survive was admirable, even if some may judge them harshly over their decision to eat the flesh of their dead friends.
That being said, though, the story moves so slowly, and the author's writing style is so staid, that it took me forever to actually feel like I was reading something worthwhile.
A good story, but it's a journey to plod through it.
That being said, though, the story moves so slowly, and the author's writing style is so staid, that it took me forever to actually feel like I was reading something worthwhile.
A good story, but it's a journey to plod through it.
Tenia F. (captaintjf) reviewed Alive: Sixteen Men, Seventy-two Days, and Insurmountable Odds--the Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes (P.S.) on + 2 more book reviews
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is an amazing book of survival. How far would you go to survive? Would you be able to do whatever it takes to survive?
Gail J. (girl) reviewed Alive: Sixteen Men, Seventy-two Days, and Insurmountable Odds--the Classic Adventure of Survival in the Andes (P.S.) on + 12 more book reviews
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
amazing journey
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