His value for the company, event or audiences is legendary. The take away value of his conferences, his commitment as a professional and his charisma, are way beyond what a speaker gives… incredible…!. Regis Hotel, the whole AV crew was standing in formation and clapping with reverence. This is the first time that my whole AV crew, without any previous plan, stood and clapped in awe for a speaker…I have never have seen or heard that happening before in our industry.
Nando Parrado: Leader of Miracle in the Andes. Initially, Parrado helped out in his father's business, though he was interested in the field of sports car racing and for many years developed a career as a professional race car driver.
After his marriage, he gave up professional racing and took over his father's hardware business alongside his older sister and brother-in-law. He also developed additional businesses and became a television personality in Uruguay. In addition to his work in business and television, Parrado is a motivational speaker, using his experience in the Andes to help others cope with psychological trauma. The book references Piers Paul Read 's account of the accident and aftermath, Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors , which was written two years after the rescue and based upon interviews with the survivors.
Miracle in the Andes, however, is told from Parrado's point of view 34 years later. Nando Parrado. The basics. And, I was like a train engine in front. I gave everything I had. You know? So, I think we were a good team. As soon as you ran into the shepherd and realized that you were safe, did you have any idea of how big a story this was, how dramatically your life was changed? That this is something that would define who you were for the rest of your life?
When we went through that, we kept talking. And if somebody, a truck, picks us up and takes us to a very small town, where do we go, then? We go to the police, okay, and tell them if we can use their phone. You lose track of the importance of the fact that you have crashed, you have survived, you have crossed the Andes without food on an epic traverse that nobody has ever done before.
And we have that experience. And I spoke and learned so much with them. The guy has achieved what we dream of achieving. Not with sherpas, they just go up and get down as fast as they can. No one was climbing across the Andes with nothing, it was thought to be impossible. So they stood up, and it was one of the best honors or awards I could have gotten. All rights reserved. Share Tweet Email. Go Further. Animals Climate change is shrinking many Amazonian birds. Animals Wild Cities This wild African cat has adapted to life in a big city.
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