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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.
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High Crimes, Michael Kodas
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2009
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- Titolo
- High Crimes
- Sottotitolo
- The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Michael Kodas
- Editore
- Hyperion
- Pubblicato
- 2009
- Formato
- In brossura
- ISBN10
- 1401309844
- ISBN13
- 9781401309848
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Mappe e viaggi, Storie vere, Viaggi, Avventura, Sport, Sport & Attività all'aperto, Narrativa di viaggio, Alpinismo, Montagne e catene montuose, Soggiorno nella natura, Monte Everest
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2007
- Titolo originale
- High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
- Valutazione
- 3,9 su 5
- Descrizione
- "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.