Story of a plane crash in the Andes.

Released on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 at Guest Bookshelf at The Miner's Wife B&B in Greenwood, British Columbia Canada.

Well, I FINALLY got this book journaled. This is a substitute for the ring book that dropped off the face of the earth along with it's first reader. It was the kindness of Minerswifebb who made the continuation of this ring possible. Thanks so much minerswifebb for helping out our bookring. I really appreciate it :)


Official bookring book! Please join!! :)

DESCRIPTION IN BOOK: Their plane crashed high in the Andes. Their only shelter was the plane's shattered fuselage, their only supplies a little wine and some bits of candy. In the beginning, there were thirty-two survivors. Then, only twenty-seven; then, nineteen ... and, in the end, sixteen.
This is their story -- the greatest modern epic of catastrophe and human endurance.


Current List: IN ORDER!
1) Saltygirl143 (USA)
2) WarEagle78 (USA)
3) Annelis (Finland)
4) Klute (Germany)
5) PenelopePitstop (Italy)
6) Luckaye (Australia)
7) Miss-R (UK)
8) JuneBug31 (Canada)
9) Princess1984 (Canada)
10) Nvangel2073 (USA)
11) CrazyPooka (USA)
12) Kernow8 (USA)
13) Soraidh (USA)
14) WritinReader (USA)
15) Jenvince (USA)
16) Roje12 (USA)
17) Keeprdg (USA)
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-----THEN BACK TO ME IN THE US

Released on Saturday, February 07, 2004 at Mailed to another crosser in Miami, Florida USA.

Mailed to WarEagle78 today. My boyfriend wanted to surprise me, and picked it up by mistake along with some other mail. Argh! :) So, on it's way to Alabama :) BTW, I moved keeprdg down the list because I never recieved a response to my PMs for their addy.

Here's a link to the original bookring:
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Arrived safely in Alabama. Will journal again when read. Thanks, Wicked!

Hmm. An interesting book. Amazing what these young men went through and still were able to survive. It seemed to be a very frank retelling, with interesting insights into the different characters who survived.

This book's off to Finland as soon as I can get to the post office.

Thanks, Wicked, for sharing!

In mail today to Finland. Air mail was reasonably priced, so sent that way... in theory it should be there in a week.

Thanks, Wicked, for sharing AND for moving the list for the ring to this journal. Will be a lot easier to keep it moving!

The book arrived in Finland. I just read the Life of Pi who was struggling to stay alive on the tropical ocean. These people seem to have different conditions: the danger is not to be fried alive but to be frozen.

The snow on the bushes looks so nice and soft but if you touch it it's cold and wet.

It is remarkable what people are able to endure and still survive. I read about this accident and about those who were found alive in the papers at the time but never really thought about the extreme actions they had to take while on the mountains. It was very hard both physically and mentally. I was very sorry about the second accident they had. In my mind one was more than enough. But my opinion was not asked any more than anybody else's.

I am sending the book to Klute in Germany next week.

Klute asked to be exluded this time. I'll send the book to PenelopePitstop instead.

Arrived today, will start it immediately :-)

A very interesting story. The author was able to describe everything in a very objective way.
I liked the description about the group dynamics among the survivors, about the differences in their behaviour in the normal life and in the life in the Andes.

The book is travelling to Miss-R because luckaye asked to be skipped.

Arrived in the post yesterday, looks interesting, will read as soon as I can. Thanks for sending it!

Very interesting, but, as was the complaint from the survivors, I didn't feel that their friendship was shown as well as it could have been. Also, the decision to eat the bodies of their friends, once taken, seemed to not be a problem any more, which I'm sure wasn't the case.
Onwards to JuneBug31...

JUST GOT THIS BOOK IN THE MAIL FROM Miss-R
I WILL GET TO IT RIGHT AFTER I FINISH MY OTHER BOOK

Finished this book last night.

I really liked this book. I saw the movie, but it's not the same.

I can't image what these poor "boys" went through.
going to pass on to the next person in the ring

Release planned for Monday, August 16, 2004 at BOOKCROSSER in Forest Grove, Oregon USA.

SENDING THIS BOOK TO CrazyPooka
BOOKRING
OH YEAH BE CAREFUL THE PICTURES ARE COMING OUT.

Just heard back from CrazyPooka that they have it safe and sound. Thanks goodness. Just awaiting a journal entry and release.

Yep, I'm sorry that I've had this so long. The postcards are safe and sound. I've felt like these guys a few times this year. Not necessarily in such harrowing circumstances, but the desperation and struggles. It was good to put faces to the story. I talk to my mom about it, and she joked--if ever in a situation like this the party is free to eat her. I've got dibs on the left arm! heheh.