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Book ReviewsMiracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home |
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Book: Miracle in the Andes: 72 Days on the Mountain and My Long Trek Home
Written by: Nando Parrado Vince Rause |
Publisher: Crown
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5
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Imposible to stop reading
Rating:
5 / 5
Start it in the morning because you won't be able to stop until finished.
Outstanding balance for such a story
Rating:
5 / 5
A colleague and former student of mine sent me a copy this book to read with the following: The true story of an amazing journey of faith, teamwork and leadership ... and doing the impossible, over and over again. With an intro like that, I was very interested in reading the book and last night I opened it and wasn't able to put it down.
I remember the story and of course the big thing was their diet; they ate the ones that did not survive. The authors did a fantastic job telling the whole story and putting that into perspective. This is also a great story on leadership, Marcelo, the initial leader that began to despair and lose hope so that in the end, survival fell to Nando and Roberto and the lessons on teamwork; if they had not primarily been from the same rugby team could they have managed to work together so well?.
The book illustrates the Stockdale paradox from Good to Great, the optimists eventually lost hope, the survivors faced the hard brutal truth with unending unstoppable face. It is a tail of human endurance, to crash land on a glacier at 9,000 feet, to have so many die of their injuries, the cold, no food, no water when they finally get a camp established an avalanche buries them, to hear on the radio the search is called off and then to climb and unclimbable mountain peak with no mountaineering gear or experience.
One of my favorite subplots was the discussion on faith. Most of the plane was Catholic of course and with death so very, very close at hand, their faith was tested. Some drew near to God, Suzy, critically wounded was constantly praying in her final days, others questioned God. I thought it interesting that there were no atheists. Death is the ultimate test of faith and more than one of the passengers uttered the phrase "I am ready".
So, an overwhelming book, I will always be thankful to Gal for sending it to me and I am glad I read it and recommend it to others.
WOW! One of the 3 best books I have ever read!
Rating:
5 / 5
I am 27 years old and was not alive when the details of this absolutely amazing story took place, but I have always heard of how hard it was to believe what the passengers of this flight went through. I have read 100s of books and this one immediately jumped up to the top of the list. It is awesome on so many different levels.
It is a story about life and death, loss, purpose, the will to live, survival, our primal instincts, courage, adventure - for real - it is hard to describe just how amazing this story is. If it was fiction - no one would ever accept it as being even remotely possible. Not only does Nando Parrado tell this story with such vivid detail and emotion, he humanizes every person on this epic journey.
I thought Frodo and Sam did something amazing by destroying the ring and that Ernest Shackleton and his crew topped all true stories - but this is the single most amazing story I have ever read.
Read it for yourself - it will change your life.
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