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Thanks for the info, aavfreak.
I googled why they were dehydrated and came across the explanation I quoted. I realise now that that explanation is probably wrong.
However they definitely were thirsty/dehydrated while on the mountain. Some of the survivors have stated the thirst was worse than the hunger.
EDITED TO ADD - I did find this quote by Nando Parrado.
“ What surprised Parrado most was the unbearable thirst. “You need water permanently. You dehydrate five times faster at that altitude than at sea level. And there’s no water, so you have to eat snow.” It was so cold it burned their throats and cracked their lips.”
So maybe they were dehydrated for those reasons (?)
Yes, if I was as hungry as they were I am certain I would (as long as there was dead bodies to eat).
Coche died in 2023. He actually has a cameo in the movie - he is in the background in the bar scene. He also was able to see the movie at a special viewing before he died.
According to the article I have linked to below
“Cells and organs in the body need water to be in a liquid state, so the body must work to heat and melt the snow once it is eaten. Because the organs must work harder to heat the ice and melt it, you will become further dehydrated rather than hydrated.”
https://www.sunnysports.com/blog/outdoor-myths-eating-snow-dehydration/
If you read the book ‘Society of the Snow” by Pablo Vierci you will learn about how the survivors coped with it. Vierci went to school and is a friend of several of the survivors. Each survivor gets his own chapter in the book and several of them describe about it still affects them. Also at least six of the survivors (Carlos, Pedro, Eduardo, Nando, Roberto and Coche) have written their own books about their ordeal.
I just realised I misremembered the Mawson story. It was the last 100 miles not the last 100 days he was alone. I think that 100 miles took him about 30 days.
Good article on him here.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-most-terrible-polar-exploration-ever-douglas-mawsons-antarctic-journey-82192685/
I read a book about him a few years ago. It was ‘Alone on the Ice’ by David Roberts. I knew about him before I read the book because my city (Hobart, Tasmania) has a small museum dedicated to him.
https://www.mawsons-huts.org.au/replica-museum/
I think the nearest story to come close to it would be Douglas Mawson’s walk alone across the Antarctic. He was part of a three man team but the dog sled driven by one of his companions and containing most of the food fell into a crevasse. After that Mawson and his other companion were forced to eat the dogs, drag the other remaining sled themselves but then his second companion died. The last 100 days he was alone. His feet were so frozen that the soles become unattached from his feet but still he walked.
The main difference is that Mawson had a tent, warmer clothing than the Andes Survivors did , and was a trained Antarctic explorer. He also knew that there was food caches along the way and he did eventually find one of these (it contained three oranges and a pineapple) .
I thought that ‘Society of the Snow’ was a much better movie than alive. However the book ‘Society of the Snow’ was even better than the movie. Each survivor had his own chapter and the book contained a lot of information that I had never known before despite reading 8 other books about the Andes Survivors.
In Gustavo’s chapter when he about Arturo’s death it is such a moving scene.
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