Description: On October 12, 1972, a plane carrying a team of young rugby players crashed into the remote, snow-peaked Andes. Out of the forty-five original passengers and crew, only sixteen made it off the mountain alive. For ten excruciating weeks they suffered deprivations beyond imagining, confronting nature head-on at its most furious and inhospitable. And to survive, they were forced to do what would have once been unthinkable ...

This is their story -- one of the most astonishing true adventures of the twentieth century.

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Reviews: "A great book ... An incredible saga. Read's accomplishment in recording a struggle both physical and spiritual is superb."(-- Philadelphia Inquirer)

"This book will excite you, shock you, at times revolt you, but you are not likely to forget it."(-- John Barkham Reviews)

"A classic in the literature of survival."(-- Newsweek)