High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed

High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
Michael Kodas (Author)
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"The perfect follow-up to Krakauer's riveting account of a perfect storm."
--Miami Herald

"Kodas's absorbing description of the narrow moral compass governing human interaction at the top of the world is bound to shock both armchair adventurers and seasoned mountaineers."
--Chicago Tribune

"(Kodas) discovered more deceit, thievery, and double-crossing among his climbers than you find in a Martin Scorsese gangster film. High Crimes is both an adventure story and an expos of a sport riddled with danger and corruption."
--Washington Post Book World

"Kodas's descriptions of the struggles confronting even the best-prepared climbers leave the reader breathless."
--Dallas Morning News

"[High Crimes] is hair-raising and lays bare the excitement and fear that face great explorers at the top of the world. . . . Well written, and as deftly plotted as the finest mystery novel, Kodas brings to life a disturbing picture of society at high altitude."
--Austin Chronicle

"Kodas does an excellent job exposing the ways in which money and ego have corrupted the traditional cultures of both mountaineers and their Sherpa guides. . . . His narrative is as hard to turn away from as a slow-motion train wreck."
--Publishers Weekly

High Crimes is journalist Michael Kodas's gripping account of life on top of the world--where man is every bit as deadly as Mother Nature.

• Rank: #11035 in eBooks
• Published on: 2008-02-05
• Released on: 2008-02-05
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

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Categories: Mountaineering->Everest, Mount (China and Nepal), Mountaineering expeditions->Everest, Mount (China and Nepal), Mountaineering->Everest, Mount (China and Nepal). Contributors: Michael Kodas - Author. Format: Audiobook

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Categories: Mountaineering->Everest, Mount (China and Nepal), Mountaineering expeditions->Everest, Mount (China and Nepal). Contributors: Michael Kodas - Author. Format: Hardcover