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Alive Survivors Escape Map
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Action Photography Contest Winners:
Round I
Presenting the first winners
in our Action Photography
Contest, selected
by National Geographic
photographer Bill Hatcher.
 Photo contest winners
Alive! Then & Now
Experience the first expedition to retrace the
Alive Andes escape route
with our 3-D, interactive
map, survivor audio interviews, and trek photographs.
Survivors, maps, photos
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Alive Andes Escape Route Expedition Map
Fly over the Alive survivors' escape route with our 3-D, interactive map
generated by GPS data. Map by Computer Terrain Mapping
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Until the Alive expedition in December 2005, no one had retraced the full original route survivors Roberto Canessa and Nando Parrado used to get out of the Andes and save their friends, who were still stranded at more than 12,000 feet (3,658 meters).
Contributing Editor James Vlahos, along with expedition leader Ricardo Peña and Uruguayan guide Mario Perez, had a clear goal: "Setting out at the exact same time of year as the escape team, we planned to walk where they had walked, camp in some of the places where they had camped, and—we hoped—get closer to understanding the heroism it had taken to save their companions," says Vlahos.
Map Legend
1. Site of impact of the Fairchild 571
2. Resting place of the fuselage, 12,025 feet (3,663 meters)
3. Approach route from Argentina of the author's modern-day expedition
4. Top of the headwall, 14,774 feet (4,503 meters)
5. Place where the snow ends
Hear Roberto Canessa describe hearing water for the first time >>
6. Los Maitenes settlement, Chile, 4,676 feet (1,425 meters)
Survivors Look Back
Listen to four of the Alive survivors as they reflect back on their ordeal >> |
Expedition Photo Gallery
Writer James Vlahos shares breathtaking expedition photos >> |
3-D Escape Map
Fly over the Andes escape route with our interactive map >>
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