Los Maitenes
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This remote mountain camp is best known as the place where the survivors of the 1972 Uruguayan plane crash found rescuers. Two of the sixteen hiked about 60 miles through the mountains, two months after their plane crashed, and encountered some Chilean herdsmen at Los Maitenes, who rode some ten hours to a larger town and summoned helicopters and medical assistance. The 14 who remained at the crash site were rescued over the next two days, brought first to Los Maitenes and later to a hostpital in Santiago. Read all about it in Piers Paul Read's 1973 book ALIVE or survivor Nando Parrado's 2006 "Miracle in the Andes."
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 34°48'47"S 70°35'13"W
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- Hydro power plant 23 km
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