Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors (Avon Nonfiction)

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En este libro Piers Paul Read documenta con precisos detalles cómo todo se desenvolvió para los sobrevivientes, desde el choque de avión del 13 de October, hasta que fueron rescatados, 72 días después. Esta fue una historia sangrienta, leer sobre cada pequeña cosa que sucedió en el lugar del accidente. Esta historia de supervivencia no es enteramente sobre una amorosa hermandad o una lucha en unidad para sobrevivir. Piers Paul Read detalla un montón de los lados más oscuros de esa batalla, cómo básicamente dividirse entre ellos en fuertes y débiles, constantes peleas y discusiones sobre muchos asuntos, constipación y otros desagradables asuntos de una salud declinante, y muchas otas escalofriantes cosas. Nada es dejado afuera. Ni siquiera el canibalismo. Los sobrevivientes hicieron mucho más que solo cortar un pedazo de carne de un par de muertos. No es una lectura fácil de digerir, pero sin embargo una gran historia de supervivencia. Y lo más preciado que rescato de este libro es Liliana, y cómo era como una madre para todos. Lamentablemente no sobrevivió. Yo y seguro que muchos de nosotros no nos imaginamos por ejemplo, comer carne humana cruda, incluso nos repugna la idea, pero si estuviéramos en una situación como los tripulantes del equipo de rugby no dudaríamos si la desesperación llega a ser tanta. Es sin duda asqueroso, pero mi mamá dice: "el hambre es canija". es un dicho que se dice comúnmente, pero va más allá. es el hambre, la sed, frío, lidiar con la naturaleza propia de las montañas. The number one issue that comes to mine if you know the story is the cannibalism. The book goes into failrly graphic detail of the dynamics of what the survivors did, but it also goes into the intense discussion and self-revelation they went through in deciding to eat their friends and family as well as the fallout when they got home. Cannibalism is such a taboo subject that just writing the words is difficult without feeling macabre or downright silly. The area is so vast and remote it seemed hard to believe such a drama had unfolded there. I was really moved by their plight, just a decade after the Irish famine, and wondered what motivated this landlord to be so brutal? I suppose that’s the journalist in me,” laughs Anne, who currently works in communications for the walking and cycling charity, Sustrans.

Otra cosa que me gustó es que en capítulos alternos vamos viendo simultanéamente los esfuerzos inagotables de los padres por encontrar a sus hijos aun después de que cesa la búsqueda oficial. Desgraciadamente todos esos esfuerzos fueron en vano y los chicos se salvaron porque decidieron que los más fuertes cruzarían las montañas hasta encontrar ayuda, y así lo hicieron. La salida de ahí fue verdaderamente épica, una hazaña sobrehumana. One of the most heartbreaking aspects transpires as the group starts to run out of food. They ration a bit of chocolate after a few days, but once that dwindles, they look to their fellow passengers as sustenance. Most are completely against the idea because of their religious morals, but as time goes on, they come to the collective decision that the soul has left the body, and if Jesus gave up his body and blood for the people so that they all may live, these frozen bodies would help give them a chance for survival. The details are ultimately soul-crushing, but their fellow passengers who passed on helped a few of them survive in the end.As for the future, working on the farm is “pretty intensive” but she hopes to do another walk with Moth “although I can’t say where yet”. For now, however, she has taken the tent down.

This is literally gut-wrenching stuff, and I'm surprised it doesn't have a higher rating. It is not an easy movie to watch at times. The injuries are graphically portrayed, the suffering of the injured very realistic and the ultimate solution to the food problem will upset some people (but, in spite of what I've heard some say about this movie, it isn't the focus of the story. It's just an example of what had to be done to survive in an impossible situation.) It also has a surprisingly strong spiritual component to it.A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. La película (1993) es una adorable adaptación del libro. No enteramente fiel a la obra original, pero muy valiosa. Una versión considerablemente más ligera, con mucho de los lados más oscuros de la lucha dejados afuera. Hermoso ritmo, y altamente inspiradora. Un elenco estelar incluyendo figuras como Ethan Hawke, Illeana Douglas y una exquisita introducción y final por John Malkovich. No es una de las más grandes películas, pero sí una muy memorable.

The fact that the majority of the group were fairly devout Catholics was a mainstay in their physical and emotional survival, and eating the flesh of the others was seen as more than necessary but almost as if it was a sacrifice that any of them would have made for the other.

before you judge them for what they did to survive,just ask yourself,what would you do if you were facing the same situation?It's such a controversial question and topic but for anyone who loves reality based or mountain hiking adventure type of books,this is a must read.. She would find herself hiding behind the converted chapel in which they lived to avoid talking to people, begging Moth to speak to them so that she didn’t have to and, when things got really bad, erecting their old tent in their new bedroom and sleeping in it. Many people with urban lives feel that they have no connection to nature, but you can feel that connection anywhere Raynor Winn Whilst her first book took over a decade to pen, Anne has already started writing the follow-up novel. “It’s working title is The Lady of Glenveagh, so you can guess who that’s about,” teases Anne, whose advice to others who have a desire to write to “give it a go.” Adding to the stress was the fact that Moth’s disease was continuing to progress. While he had seen some improvement during the long walk along the South West Coast Path, the university course did not seem to be having the same effect and he would often forget where he was supposed to be and why. This is a book based on reality that shook the conscience of the world in 1970s and even after almost 40 years past the incident,the book makes such a compelling reading!