page_title: Nando Parrado
hierarchical_section_title: Nando Parrado
caption_attribution_description: Español: Fernando Parrado y Roberto Canessa junto al arriero Sergio Catalán, quien les encontrara perdidos en las montañas de los Andes, después de diez terribles días de caminata en medio de la cordillera (tragedia y milagro de los Andes).
context_page_description: Fernando "Nando" Seler Parrado Dolgay is one of the sixteen Uruguayan survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on 13 October 1972. After spending two months trapped in the mountains with the other crash survivors, he, along with Roberto Canessa, climbed through the Andes mountains over a 10-day period to find help. His efforts, supported in various ways by the entire group, have been recognized through books and other media. He was portrayed by Ethan Hawke in the 1993 feature film Alive: Miracle in The Andes.
context_section_description: Fernando "Nando" Seler Parrado Dolgay (born 9 December 1949) is one of the sixteen Uruguayan survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed in the Andes mountains on 13 October 1972. After spending two months trapped in the mountains with the other crash survivors, he, along with Roberto Canessa, climbed through the Andes mountains over a 10-day period to find help. His efforts, supported in various ways by the entire group, have been recognized through books and other media. He was portrayed by Ethan Hawke in the 1993 feature film Alive: Miracle in The Andes.
caption: Parrado (left) and Canessa with Chilean Huaso Sergio Catalan.
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