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A Uruguayan man who in winter in the Andes Mountains has been found alive and . Raul Fernando Gomez, 58, got lost in a while crossing the Andes . His began when his motorbike broke down in the of nowhere. He told reporters his only choice was to walk and hope a town was . He became disoriented in the snow and got lost. He found a 2,840 metres above sea level and stayed there. He hoped he could survive the long, winter. A local governor said: "The truth is that this is a . We still can't believe it."

Mr Gomez was rescued by a of meteorological workers. They had helicoptered to the to record snowfall levels. Gomez had survived by catching rats and eating left at the shelter. Doctors were surprised he was in good and said he was very . He was very thin because he hadn't eaten enough and had lost 20kg. Even though had high pressure and he smoked, he was allowed to leave hospital after arriving. In 1972, plane-crash survived sub-zero temperatures in the Andes for 72 by eating the bodies of who had died.

 
 

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