"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.
High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
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Author: Kodas, Michael
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 884333822658
Details:
Author: Kodas, Michael
Brand: Hachette Books
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 368
Release Date: 05-02-2008
Part Number: new-01-06-2017-c0024575
Package Dimensions: 10.5 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9781401302733
