He is a successful businessman, sportsman and television producer. 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 october, 1972. In person fernando parrado by kensington finest properties. Roberto canessa shocked the world in december 1972 when he and fernando parrado arrived in chile after surviving a horrific plane crash and then hiking across the andes mountains for ten days at an altitude of 16,404 feet and temperatures of twentytwo degrees below zero.
It was this love of sport which ultimately led to his involvement in one of the most astounding survival stories in living memory. This is his story and his lessons for todays world. Ignore the title of nando parrado s new book, miracle in the andes. Tough circumstances elevate you to be the worst you can be or the best you can be.
Jun 07, 2017 finally, in december, two chosen expeditionaries, fernando nando parrado and roberto canessa, began climbing the peak looming to their west. 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 10day period to find help. Fernando parrado is one of the 16 survivors of the andes plane crash of 1972. Finally, after 61 days in the andes, 23yearold nando parrado and 19yearold teammate roberto canessa left. Roberto canessa was a secondyear medical student and a member of the old christians rugby team when the plane they were traveling on crashed in the andes. Finally, after 61 days in the andes, 23yearold nando parrado. Nando parrado is the leader of the famous plane crash survival story in the andes mountains in 1972. Nando parrado left and roberto canessa in uruguay six months after their rescue. Nando parrado was among 28 survivors of a violent plane crash. When the survivors first learned that all search and rescue efforts had been abandoned, one of them, nando parrado, immediately knew hed have to take responsibility for his own survival by trekking out of the mountain trap. Canessa and parrado guided a rescue party back to their fourteen friends who. Nando parrado and roberto canessa vigorously promoted the book in the. Nov 22, 2017 fernando parrado, now 67, was only 22 when he was in a plane crash that left 16 survivors in the andes mountains for 72 days. In 2006, nando parrado was the first of the survivors of the 1972 andes.
Nando parrado recalls surviving 1972 andes plane wreck. Canessa references the lifeanddeath decisions that prepared him to become the. Roberto canessa, one of two men who hiked out of the mountains and then led authorities to the survivors location, wisely doesnt try to beat it in i had to survive, choosing instead to write with pablo vierci a complementary account of the ordeal and its effect on the subsequent four decades of his life. Nando parrado on his survival of the 1972 andes air crash books. Dressed in rugby shoes, three layers of jeans, and outerwear scavenged from the dead, the pair walked for 10 days, crossing steep, rubblestrewn slopes and icefields, eating scraps of putrid flesh, and.
I had to survive book by roberto canessa, pablo vierci. Nando parrado was born in uruguay and had a keen interest in sport as a child. 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 october 1972. Roberto canessa gains respect not only from being a medical student, but also as an expeditionary. The survivors simply outsmarted the elements that should. Roberto canessa shocked the world when he and fernando parrado arrived in chile after surviving a horrific plane crash and then hiking across the andes mountains for ten days at an altitude of 16,404 feet and temperatures of twentytwo degrees below zero. Roberto canessa, one of two men who hiked out of the mountains and then led authorities to the survivors location, wisely doesnt try to beat it in i had to survive, choosing instead to write with pablo vierci a complementary account of the ordeal and its. Fortyfive years on, mr parrado retells his incredible story of survival.
Finally, in december, two chosen expeditionaries, fernando nando parrado and roberto canessa, began climbing the peak looming to their west. Canessa ja era jogador da selecao uruguaia desde o ano anterior e a tragedia nao encerrou sua carreira no rugby. Leroica impresa di parrado e canessa e stata riconosciuta attraverso i libri e gli altri media. Roberto canessa was a 19yearold medical student travelling with his teammates from the christian brothers college rugby squad when their plane crashed over the andes in october, 1972. Canessa and parrado guided a rescue party back to their fourteen friends who were still trapped on. Fernando parrado, now 67, was only 22 when he was in a plane crash that left 16 survivors in the andes mountains for 72 days. His efforts, supported in various ways by the entire group, have been recognized through books and other media. Roberto canessa shocked the world in december 1972 when he and fernando parrado arrived in chile after surviving a horrific plane crash and then hiking. He advises the team how to stay healthy and what they must do in order to survive. Author interview nando parrado, author of miracle in the.
Parrado scrisse assieme a rause vince il libro settantadue giorni. Anyone familiar with this planecrash survival story either from the original news accounts, piers paul reads bestselling 1974 book alive or the movie that dramatized it knows that the experience illustrates the triumph of rationality, not the blessings of blind luck. Jan 24, 2017 nando parrado left and roberto canessa in uruguay six months after their rescue. Andes plane crash survivor roberto canessa on eating his. Parrado left and canessa with chilean huaso sergio catalan.
Nov 24, 2016 nando parrado was born in uruguay and had a keen interest in sport as a child. The 1972 andes plane crash has inspired a book, film and now a. Join facebook to connect with fernando canessa and others you may know. In an exclusive extract from his gripping memoir of their 72day ordeal, nando parrado tells how he escaped the icy wilderness and against all. The story of the andes survivors, by piers paul read. 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. Roberto canessa is the author of i had to survive 4. Oct 10, 2019 nando parrado fernando nando parrado, who is portrayed in the movie by actor ethan hawke and who lost his mother and sister in the crash, cowrote the 2006 book miracle in the andes. Canessa and parrado guided a rescue party back to their fourteen friends who were still trapped on the mountain two. Luckily, fernando parrado and roberto canessa emerge as the new leaders. Combining a staged recreation of the events along with interviews from the two men, fernando parrado and roberto canessa, who made the long trek from the crash site into chile, plus several other survivors, i am alive also reveals, though interviews with aeronautical and mountain climbing veterans, aspects of the crash and the subsequent ordeal. Roberto canessa shocked the world when he and fernando parrado arrived in chile. Roberto canessa nos regala sus cinco palabras youtube. Nando parrado fernando nando parrado, who is portrayed in the movie by actor ethan hawke and who lost his mother and sister in the crash, co.