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The Cruel Cost of Survival
Оглавление| WHEN THEIR PLANE CRASHED HIGH IN THE ANDES, THE PASSENGERS SPENT OVER TWO MONTHS BATTLING BRUTAL COLD, ALTITUDE SICKNESS AND AVALANCHES. SEVERE HUNGER FORCED THEM TO EAT THE BODIES OF THEIR DEAD FRIENDS. EVENTUALLY TWO MEN COMPLETED A MARATHON TREK OUT OF THE SNOWY WILDERNESS TO GET HELP. |
| DATE: 1972 SITUATION: PLANE CRASH CONDITION OF CONFINEMENT: IN A CRASHED PLANE HIGH IN THE ANDES DURATION OF CONFINEMENT: 72 DAYS MEANS OF ESCAPE: TREKKING TO GET HELP; RESCUE NO. OF ESCAPEES: 16 DANGERS: AVALANCHE, HYPOTHERMIA, STARVATION, DEHYDRATION, ALTITUDE SICKNESS, FROSTBITE EQUIPMENT: PARTS OF THE CRASHED PLANE; LUGGAGE |
