Against All Odds

Many might know this story of survival against all odds when a Uruguayan team from the Old Christians Rugby club fail to arrive at their destination.  Abandoned by the authorities high in the Andes, they choose life over death but only at a terrible cost to their consciences.

Nando Parrado and Roberto Canessa, sitting.

Images under Creative Commons licence, Pedro Escobal and Héctor Maffuche.