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On Friday October 13th 1972, a Uruguayan plane, carrying 45 passengers to Chile, many of whom were students and players from a rugby team, crashed in the Andes Mountains.
Twelve died from the impact and those who survived had to endure, among other things, the fearsome Cordillera with its thirty degrees below zero at night and the scarcity of food reserves.
Finally fed up with the very low temperatures, the threatening avalanches and anguished by the continuous death of their companions and the slow wait for rescue, two of them decide to cross the immense mountains to reach Chile.
On December 22nd of that same year, after having remained isolated from everything for 72 days, the world learns that sixteen defeated death. These events gave rise to the book and later to the film "Alive". Our tour invites you to visit this miraculous place that, on the other hand, has a very important landscape content.
Horseback riding Expeditions: Same dates, starting a day later.
Program subject to climatic, geographic or political conditions. Modifications to it may occur on the fly depending on circumstances and various factors. The decisions will be made exclusively by the guides, baqueanos and coordinators.
Day 1: Meeting in El Sosneado before noon. Transfer by charter vehicle to the west along the route that leads to the Soler refuge and the National Gendarmerie. Passing through the old abandoned thermal hotel, we will arrive at the Araya cattle station and then at the mentioned refuge where we will spend the night.
Day 2: This day we will go to the base camp of El Barroso. We will first cross the Atuel River, on foot or with the help of horses. March lunch. Quiet afternoon to enjoy the place.
Day 3: Early departure to Las Lágrimas Glacier. This day's journey will be very hard since after three hours of walking we will cross the Río de Las Lagrimas and then we will ascend for an extra two and a half hours to the site where the remains of the plane are found, at 3600 meters above sea level. We will silently pay our tribute to the victims, and then make a reconnaissance of the place. Descent to camp.
Day 4: Breakfast and break camp. We will walk back and descend to Araya Post. Return by combi to El Sosneado. End of our services. Homecoming.
Program subject to climatic, geographic or political conditions. Modifications to it may occur on the fly depending on circumstances and various factors. The decisions will be made exclusively by the guides, baqueanos and coordinators.
