Picking Nits
Clothing; snow hydration; cramped shelter; abbreviated hike; rescue changes; search duration
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- Raw or sun-dried meat raises a nitpick because lighters and abundant cigarettes are available; possible aversion to smell is speculation, and the film omits a cooking discussion.
- Not taking more clothing from the dead is questioned; frozen, wet garments are offered as an explanation.
- Frostbite, makeshift boots and exposure make the actual survival seem remarkable.
- Eating snow instead of waiting for meltwater is questioned.
- Twenty-eight people sharing an eight-by-eleven-foot fuselage seems extraordinary; body heat may have helped.
- The final hike jumps too quickly from commitment to discovery; another conversation would give the two strongest performers more material.
- The real encounter with a horseman is a desired missing scene.
- The actual survivors reportedly heard rescue was coming on the radio; the film’s surprise helicopter arrival is preferred by one voice, though a radio scene could also work.
- The survivors reportedly initially underplayed cannibalism before addressing backlash; who disclosed it is unresolved, followed by joking cover stories.
- Canessa reportedly did not return on the rescue helicopter because dysentery left him unable to walk, unlike the film's depiction.
- Ending the search after roughly a week is questioned; vast terrain and weather explain difficulty, but checking again after conditions improve seems warranted.