description: On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the forty-five original passengers and crew, only sixteen made it off the mountain alive. For ten excruciating weeks they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, they were forced to do what would have once been unthinkable...This is their story—one of the most astonishing true adventures of the twentieth century.
language: English
title: Alive
titlecomplete: Alive
characters: Eduardo Strauch, Mrs. Mariani, Rafael Echavarren, Coche Inciarte, Daniel Fernández, Carlos Valeta, Pancho Delgado, Entique Platero, Pedro Algorta, Javier Methol, Bobby Francois, Carlitos Páez, Roberto Canessa, Nando Parrado, Gustavo Zerbino, Marcelo Pérez, Panchito Abal, Roy Harley, Liliana Methol, Diego Storm, Moncho Sabella, Arturo Nogueira, Susanna Parrado, Antonio Vizintin, Fito Strauch
genres: Historical, Biography, Adventure, Memoir, Nonfiction, Survival, Travel, Biography Memoir, True Story, History
ratings_count: 74182
places: Andes Mountains, Santiago, Chile, Montevideo, Argentina
publisher: Mandarin