Factual error: Most of the time the boys have no visible breaths, even though they're in a freezing climate.
Alive (1993)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Frank Marshall
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Josh Hamilton, Vincent Spano, Bruce Ramsay
After over seventy days on the mountain. two of the survivors walk to Chile and get help. A helicopter rescues sixteen survivors. The victims are buried and a cross is erected on the mountain in memoriam.
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Trivia: The guy who first follows Parrada and Canessa on their expedition to find Chile is nicknamed Tintin. In one of the most famous Tintin albums the cartoon hero goes to the Himalayas to find a friend who is reported dead after a plane crash in the mountains. Most likely a coincidence, but still notable.
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Answer: ESP stands for Extra Sensory Perception, the ability to see into the future or predict it in the form of a premonition. He means that whatever happened, he literally didn't see it coming.
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