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- Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 14th Sep, 2013 - 3:52pm
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Man Survives Freezing Four-Month Andes Ordeal
Wow, this story reminds me to the Uruguayan rugby team who survived sub-zero Andean temperatures for 72 days back in the 70's by eating the bodies of other plane crash victims. Good to hear that he will be okay.
QUOTE Mr Gomez Circunegui was found by Argentine officials and taken to hospital in San Juan.
A Uruguayan man who went missing in May while trying to cross the Andes mountains from Chile to Argentina has been found alive, officials say.
Raul Fernando Gomez Circunegui, 58, got lost in snowstorms after his motorbike broke down.
He was found in a mountain shelter at an altitude of more than 2,800m (9,300ft) by Argentine officials.
Mr Gomez survived by eating leftover supplies in the shelter and whatever else he could catch, including rats.
He has been taken to hospital in an emaciated and dehydrated state, but is expected to make a full recovery... Source 1
A Uruguayan man who went missing in May while trying to cross the Andes mountains from Chile to Argentina has been found alive, officials say.
Raul Fernando Gomez Circunegui, 58, got lost in snowstorms after his motorbike broke down.
He was found in a mountain shelter at an altitude of more than 2,800m (9,300ft) by Argentine officials.
Mr Gomez survived by eating leftover supplies in the shelter and whatever else he could catch, including rats.
He has been taken to hospital in an emaciated and dehydrated state, but is expected to make a full recovery... Source 1
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