Somewhere in the back of my mind I remember in 1972 when this happened. I was in my second year at Murray and came home for the Christmas Holidays with the flu. That is what I remember most about December 1972.
These guys, the rugby team of Montevideo Uruguay, certainly remember something different. They had survived the crash of their Fairchild aircraft in the Andes Mountains, totally off course of where they were expected to be. And 16 of the original 45 survived the 70 days in approx 13,500 feet above sea level.
I could not put the book down and read it in two sittings. How did they survive? By eating the remains of those who died. It was unthinkable, but they had to do it.
Remarkable story. great read.
