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

English

ISBN: 1401309844

EAN: 9781401309848

Category: Sports & Recreation / Mountaineering/Nature / Mountains/

Publisher: Hyperion Press

Release Date: 06/21/2011

Synopsis: The perfect follow-up to Krakauers riveting account of a perfect storm. --Miami Herald Kodass 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 Kodass 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 Crimesis journalist Michael Kodass gripping account of life on top of the world--where man is every bit as deadly as Mother Nature.

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

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.99 inches

Width: 5.12 inches

Length: 8.0 inches

Weight: 11.22 oz

Pages: 368