Roberto Canessa
This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
This goo was worth a point in December 2024.
publication date: Monday, December 23, 2024 (part of December 2024)
category: 
Disasters
clue: Alive after crashing in the Andes, his tale of survival horrified his country.
explanation: Roberto Canessa shocked the world in December 1972 when he and Fernando Parrado arrived in Chile after surviving a horrific plane crash and then hiking across the Andes mountains for ten days at an altitude of 16,404 feet and temperatures of twenty-two degrees below zero. Alive was a film documenting the crash and aftermath which included cannibalism. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, and Scott Hardie
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