I still consider this one of the greatest real life stories. It shows the power of love, how the love of one young man to his father drove a rescue of 16 people who were on all acounts were pretty much dead....now they are hundreds, with their children and grandchildren. That love is why they are all here today. Nando, siempre fuiste y seras mi heroe. ❤ Saludos de Argentina.
@@missasinenomine hahahahah!! as a matter of fact i did! oh my, i wrote that when i was 15. it definitely changed my view of morality. it really touched me to see so much vulnerability, despair, courage, resilience, all the range of their humanity... it might have contributed to my career path towards clinical psychology to work with people on their trauma!
@@audreyannaorage Well I never. I didn't really expect to read a reply from you on YT after 8 years. Wonders never cease. Let me see now, you must be.............um, 23? (duh). I would have liked to have been a clinical psychologist. I was a physical therapist. The body is interesting, but the mind far more so. I mean, we're all a little bonkers aren't we? Some of it inherited. (I AM speaking for myself!). Working with people is always interesting. Everyone has a story. One of my patients was an elderly Jewess who had been at Auschwitz as a 12 year old girl. Of course I was bursting with questions, eg had she seen Josef Mengele (she must have), etc. but held back trying to be "professional" & all that, & ended up saying nothing. She did weep though, as also did 5 other patients, incl. 2 men. Difficult to deal with, esp the 1st time which they all were. I would much rather have been a clinical psychologist. You have chosen a super career. I think I would rather have died than have eaten a cadaver. Raw human flesh. Yikes. I'd have immediately vomited, even if I could have got it into my mouth. All credit to Roberto Canessa however. He saved lives! The crash should never have happened, & was completely avoidable. There was no mechanical failure. However, that is a separate discussion & tragically, both the pilots paid the ultimate price for their mistakes.
Absolutely. And they were already a team (in addition to their loved ones being on the plane). If they were random people who didn't know each other, they all would have died as they wouldn't have been willing to work cooperatively.
I am glad some of them made it home to their families and friends. The eating of their comrades is depressing...but if those people had not died, the ones that made it would have died. I am glad 16 made it home.
Actually if you look at a map of the route they walked to get out, all they did was follow a single drainage all the way out of the mountains to the west. So in essence, it was "all downhill" from there. Not saying it was easy, I'm sure it was difficult, but on the other hand it wasn't like they were having to climb and over mountain after mountain after mountain to get out of there like the movie seems to lead you to believe.
It would have been easier to go east, following the river to el sosneado, where there was a road. It would have been a descent all the way. Going west took much longer, was higher & colder. And much more risky.
@@missasinenomine True, but the route they did take wasn't as difficult as the movie made it out to be. After their initial climb to get out of the caldera where the plane wreckage was located, it was "all downhill" from there. They did not have to climb any additional mountains like the movie led you to believe.
@@LowerTheBoom Downhill it may have been in terms of altitude. But often downhill is more risky than uphill. You can lose your footing & break your leg. Or worse. They only had rugby boots. No ankle support. The way was treacherous. Canessa's initial hunch to take the road east would have been far safer & quicker. Clambering over mountains at that altitude & at those low temperatures was truly insane. And with no food either. Really a miracle. My view is that they waited too long. 10 weeks in the mountains! Easy to be wise after the event.
@@LowerTheBoom The "initial climb" was a mere 4000' approx. A mountain of ice & snow. After that there were peaks as far as the eye could see. Not exactly "downhill"! "How far did Nando Parrado walk? 44 miles In the end, Parrado and Canessa traveled over 44 miles over extremely dangerous terrain, without any appropriate equipment and in a condition of advanced malnutrition and psychological stress.Oct. 23, 2012" Fractured skull. Dying of starvation. Dying of hypothermia. Surviving on rotting human remains. No climbing boots, gloves, crampons, ice axe, weather clothing. Down to -30C + wind chill. 11000' or more rarified atmosphere. No map. Unthinkable & impossible. But they made it!
@@missasinenomine Yes it was downhill. The view from the top was "peaks as far as the eye could see." But they did NOT have to climb ANY of those peaks. This is what I'm saying. From the top they simply had to follow a single drainage, basically all downhill, as it wound it's way to the west and the foothills. Do you understand what I mean when I refer to a drainage? It's like a single river valley. After the initial climb out of the caldera away from the airplane they did not have to climb a single additional mountain on their way out. If you watch the movie it leaves the viewer with the impression that they had to keep climbing all those mountains. Up and down up and down, in order to get out. This was not the case. I'm not saying what they did was "easy," I'm simply pointing out the fact that they weren't climbing mountains in order to walk out of there.
For me I would have went down. Not up, but who am I to say haven't been in their situation, i mean who care if u are on the Chile side or Argentina side..just saying, but I KNOW that's easy to say, so glad they made it
Kevin Luna You've said on another video that it was only 15 km on the map. Pena's expedition took gps readings of the route. Those readings registered the trip at 35 terrain miles. I think Nando made the usual mistake of doubling miles to get the 70 km figure when the actual math would work out to a little over 56 km.
Kevin Luna Check out Ricardo Pena's National Geographic article. I'm pretty sure there's a break gown of the route in there. They didn't walk in circles, but it wasn't the most direct route, either.
This man did something borderline superhuman, if not actually superhuman. Someone that we need to listen to.
I still consider this one of the greatest real life stories. It shows the power of love, how the love of one young man to his father drove a rescue of 16 people who were on all acounts were pretty much dead....now they are hundreds, with their children and grandchildren. That love is why they are all here today. Nando, siempre fuiste y seras mi heroe. ❤ Saludos de Argentina.
This story changed my life
Mine also
In what way? You became a vegetarian? No wonder!
@@missasinenomine hahahahah!! as a matter of fact i did! oh my, i wrote that when i was 15. it definitely changed my view of morality. it really touched me to see so much vulnerability, despair, courage, resilience, all the range of their humanity... it might have contributed to my career path towards clinical psychology to work with people on their trauma!
@@audreyannaorage Well I never. I didn't really expect to read a reply from you on YT after 8 years. Wonders never cease. Let me see now, you must be.............um, 23? (duh). I would have liked to have been a clinical psychologist. I was a physical therapist. The body is interesting, but the mind far more so. I mean, we're all a little bonkers aren't we? Some of it inherited. (I AM speaking for myself!). Working with people is always interesting. Everyone has a story. One of my patients was an elderly Jewess who had been at Auschwitz as a 12 year old girl. Of course I was bursting with questions, eg had she seen Josef Mengele (she must have), etc. but held back trying to be "professional" & all that, & ended up saying nothing. She did weep though, as also did 5 other patients, incl. 2 men. Difficult to deal with, esp the 1st time which they all were. I would much rather have been a clinical psychologist. You have chosen a super career.
I think I would rather have died than have eaten a cadaver. Raw human flesh. Yikes. I'd have immediately vomited, even if I could have got it into my mouth. All credit to Roberto Canessa however. He saved lives! The crash should never have happened, & was completely avoidable. There was no mechanical failure. However, that is a separate discussion & tragically, both the pilots paid the ultimate price for their mistakes.
@@missasinenomine in a way that the heating stays off during winter. Scotland can get cold, but not that cold. It Saves a few pennies too! 😄
I Think it is unbeliveable they did survive after all what happen. Once again. My heroes once again. I hail for you forever
I hail you too my friend. Leda-Lilli died too november 2018 we carry on with Misty now 1,5 yrs after.
I bet being an athletic & in shape helped their journey to get rescued. Because I know I wouldn't have been able to do it.
Absolutely. And they were already a team (in addition to their loved ones being on the plane). If they were random people who didn't know each other, they all would have died as they wouldn't have been willing to work cooperatively.
@@StephEatsnTravels actually some of the survivors werent part of the team, but they definitely were all young men at their prime.
Nando Parrado & Roberto Canessa stand for Hope & Fighting Spirit to Survive for all Mankind! Ave Maria !
I've watched so many reenactments of this crash, and the acting in the movie is the worst.
there is an error was fly 571 ,, fuerza aerea uruguay not 751
Apologies. Corrected.
NANDO ❤
I am glad some of them made it home to their families and friends. The eating of their comrades is depressing...but if those people had not died, the ones that made it would have died. I am glad 16 made it home.
Actually if you look at a map of the route they walked to get out, all they did was follow a single drainage all the way out of the mountains to the west. So in essence, it was "all downhill" from there. Not saying it was easy, I'm sure it was difficult, but on the other hand it wasn't like they were having to climb and over mountain after mountain after mountain to get out of there like the movie seems to lead you to believe.
It would have been easier to go east, following the river to el sosneado, where there was a road. It would have been a descent all the way. Going west took much longer, was higher & colder. And much more risky.
@@missasinenomine True, but the route they did take wasn't as difficult as the movie made it out to be. After their initial climb to get out of the caldera where the plane wreckage was located, it was "all downhill" from there. They did not have to climb any additional mountains like the movie led you to believe.
@@LowerTheBoom Downhill it may have been in terms of altitude. But often downhill is more risky than uphill. You can lose your footing & break your leg. Or worse. They only had rugby boots. No ankle support. The way was treacherous. Canessa's initial hunch to take the road east would have been far safer & quicker. Clambering over mountains at that altitude & at those low temperatures was truly insane. And with no food either. Really a miracle. My view is that they waited too long. 10 weeks in the mountains!
Easy to be wise after the event.
@@LowerTheBoom The "initial climb" was a mere 4000' approx. A mountain of ice & snow. After that there were peaks as far as the eye could see. Not exactly "downhill"!
"How far did Nando Parrado walk?
44 miles
In the end, Parrado and Canessa traveled over 44 miles over extremely dangerous terrain, without any appropriate equipment and in a condition of advanced malnutrition and psychological stress.Oct. 23, 2012"
Fractured skull. Dying of starvation. Dying of hypothermia. Surviving on rotting human remains. No climbing boots, gloves, crampons, ice axe, weather clothing. Down to -30C + wind chill. 11000' or more rarified atmosphere. No map. Unthinkable & impossible. But they made it!
@@missasinenomine Yes it was downhill. The view from the top was "peaks as far as the eye could see." But they did NOT have to climb ANY of those peaks. This is what I'm saying. From the top they simply had to follow a single drainage, basically all downhill, as it wound it's way to the west and the foothills. Do you understand what I mean when I refer to a drainage? It's like a single river valley.
After the initial climb out of the caldera away from the airplane they did not have to climb a single additional mountain on their way out. If you watch the movie it leaves the viewer with the impression that they had to keep climbing all those mountains. Up and down up and down, in order to get out. This was not the case.
I'm not saying what they did was "easy," I'm simply pointing out the fact that they weren't climbing mountains in order to walk out of there.
He was in row 9, had he been one row back he would have died, and quite possibly everyone else after that
who r the actors in the movie?,thy carried that movie very well
Bobby?,Roy?,Carlitos?,Antonio?,Vicintin?,Serbino?,Fito?,Fredrico?...
etan hawke was one of the actors,
normally i would say that they should do a remake but with how bads remakes are todays it would bomb extremely fast
For me I would have went down. Not up, but who am I to say haven't been in their situation, i mean who care if u are on the Chile side or Argentina side..just saying, but I KNOW that's easy to say, so glad they made it
The airplane was an underpowered piece of crap, congratulations to the engineers which designed it!
True, but I realized that and made a separate video dedicated to that ruclips.net/video/APaPPrwsHfA/видео.html
Pilot is actually pretty good if cooked right
Brutal 🤪
He didn't walk 70 km, he walked about 20 km. He was still deep in the Andes when he encountered the people that helped him.
Kevin Luna You've said on another video that it was only 15 km on the map.
Pena's expedition took gps readings of the route. Those readings registered the trip at 35 terrain miles. I think Nando made the usual mistake of doubling miles to get the 70 km figure when the actual math would work out to a little over 56 km.
***** Download Google Earth and measure it yourself.
Kevin Luna
As the crow flies it is 17 km.
These kind of hikes don't occur as the crow flies.
***** I didn't say as the crow flies. Unless they were walking in circles, they didn't walk 35 miles.
Kevin Luna Check out Ricardo Pena's National Geographic article. I'm pretty sure there's a break gown of the route in there. They didn't walk in circles, but it wasn't the most direct route, either.