Based on the wrong information the dying co-pilot had given them, they thought they were in Chile, so the three final expeditionaries (Canessa, Parrado and Vizintín) climbed the highest peak to the west of the crash site thinking that, from there, they'd see the Chilean green valleys . The reality was that they were much further east, in Argentinian territory, and the only thing they could see was just an endless landscape of mountains covered in snow. Even so, and seeing that the 'food' wouldn't be enough for three, they sent Vizintín back to the fuselage, and decided to keep hiking towards the west to get help.
It was a hotel abandoned since 1953, therefore, empty and with no food or supplies. And before the hotel, there were two rivers impossible to cross at that time of year. And after that, nothing but an immense desolate territory.
What people don’t get is this was impossible to survive an they beat the odds how likely is it a guy on a horse just happens to see them while they took that 10 day walk that was like super close to impossible especially after they said the guy traveled for 6hours I mean come on horse back for 6 hours to get there ? That’s super rare
I was just crying looking at " Society of the Snow", I saw " Alive" , years ago. I could only imagine, only your survivor instinct have to kick in. God bless these men. God helped pulled them thru❤. They will all meet in the afterlife
The film 'Alive' portrays this incident in an absolutely distorted and disrespectful way. The survivors say the new film 'Society of the Snow' (based on the book of the same name) is their true story.
That hotel was 18 miles away, yes. But it was on the other side of an impassible river, and they were going by the pilots words of where they were. What would you do?
watxhing the movie seeing their stratgy i just knewwwwwww that there could have been a better way to go about this, because i seen them walk a different way each day and then walk back to base each time, i understand it hard to survive in the cold but as long as theres two of them they could have made it 18 miles, i know its easier said than done that they should have just voyaged from the start but i just wanted them to return to saftey so badly it hurt
Hell nah, have you ever been 4000 metres above sea level? Walking for one minute on plain ground feels as if you were running with heart failure, imagine that but trying to walk on snow, on a inclined surface and with -30°C. Besides, they stayed on the airplane because they were waiting to be rescued, sleeping outside was practically impossible, and because one of the survivors who walked far enough you see the whole terrain said there were mountains all over the horizon. They only voyaged because they found insulating fabric with which they could make a sleeping bag to make it through the night. Edit: btw, by the time they decided to go looking for help, 2 months had already passed and summer was almost arriving.
@@max_edwards.n2800 What people don’t get is this was impossible to survive an they beat the odds how likely is it a guy on a horse just happens to see them while they took that 10 day walk that was like super close to impossible especially after they said the guy traveled for 6hours I mean come on horse back for 6 hours to get there ? That’s super rare
They were crossing the peaks in a westerly direction thinking that they were in Chile. But I see your point about going DOWN into the valley where you would think people would be.
Based on the wrong information the dying co-pilot had given them, they thought they were in Chile, so the three final expeditionaries (Canessa, Parrado and Vizintín) climbed the highest peak to the west of the crash site thinking that, from there, they'd see the Chilean green valleys .
The reality was that they were much further east, in Argentinian territory, and the only thing they could see was just an endless landscape of mountains covered in snow. Even so, and seeing that the 'food' wouldn't be enough for three, they sent Vizintín back to the fuselage, and decided to keep hiking towards the west to get help.
Not Right. They still could See two mountains without snow and did Go towards them
They hiked stuning 38mil or 62km approx in just 10 days
All documentation available on wikipedia
@@Adifgreat oh but in several videos they say about 50-60 km
@@Adifgreat even still 25km is not a joke man , think man Walking 10 days without anything (tools of hiking)
It was a hotel abandoned since 1953, therefore, empty and with no food or supplies. And before the hotel, there were two rivers impossible to cross at that time of year. And after that, nothing but an immense desolate territory.
What people don’t get is this was impossible to survive an they beat the odds how likely is it a guy on a horse just happens to see them while they took that 10 day walk that was like super close to impossible especially after they said the guy traveled for 6hours I mean come on horse back for 6 hours to get there ? That’s super rare
I was just crying looking at " Society of the Snow", I saw " Alive" , years ago. I could only imagine, only your survivor instinct have to kick in. God bless these men. God helped pulled them thru❤. They will all meet in the afterlife
This is the story told in the book 'Alive'.
An incredible story of survival.
Its now a movie on Netflix
The film 'Alive' portrays this incident in an absolutely distorted and disrespectful way. The survivors say the new film 'Society of the Snow' (based on the book of the same name) is their true story.
Watched it and agreed
That hotel was 18 miles away, yes. But it was on the other side of an impassible river, and they were going by the pilots words of where they were. What would you do?
This story stays with me forever that book alive and the documentary is the best story
In memory who died😔
Uruguan air force 571
Crashed cause: CFIT (controlled flight into terrain) due to pilot error
How could they walk 2 the hotel they were all injured with the plane crash 😢😢
watxhing the movie seeing their stratgy i just knewwwwwww that there could have been a better way to go about this, because i seen them walk a different way each day and then walk back to base each time, i understand it hard to survive in the cold but as long as theres two of them they could have made it 18 miles, i know its easier said than done that they should have just voyaged from the start but i just wanted them to return to saftey so badly it hurt
Hell nah, have you ever been 4000 metres above sea level? Walking for one minute on plain ground feels as if you were running with heart failure, imagine that but trying to walk on snow, on a inclined surface and with -30°C. Besides, they stayed on the airplane because they were waiting to be rescued, sleeping outside was practically impossible, and because one of the survivors who walked far enough you see the whole terrain said there were mountains all over the horizon. They only voyaged because they found insulating fabric with which they could make a sleeping bag to make it through the night.
Edit: btw, by the time they decided to go looking for help, 2 months had already passed and summer was almost arriving.
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What people don’t get is this was impossible to survive an they beat the odds how likely is it a guy on a horse just happens to see them while they took that 10 day walk that was like super close to impossible especially after they said the guy traveled for 6hours I mean come on horse back for 6 hours to get there ? That’s super rare
I’d have gone down the mountain. Ain’t no civilization on a mountain peak.
They were crossing the peaks in a westerly direction thinking that they were in Chile. But I see your point about going DOWN into the valley where you would think people would be.
That does look like a spine, but where is the skull?
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