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

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

by Michael Kodas

In the years following the publication of Into Thin Air, much has changed on Mount Everest. Among all the books documenting the glorious adventures in mountains around the world, and the unique perils and challenges of Mount Everest, none details how the recent infusion of wealth into the mountains is reacting with the age-old lust for glory to draw crime to the highest places on the planet,... (read more)

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Jacqueline H
  • Rated 4 stars

Kodas is a journalist, so I was disappointed and somewhat turned off when he used rather inflammatory language about certain people and situations. This is clearly a guy with an axe to grind about his negative Everest experience. However, as I read on, I could see why he was so ticked off. It sounds as if Everest has been overtaken by a bullying, lawless culture where your equipment is not safe from theft, where you can easily be assaulted without anyone doing anything about it -- even by...

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Brandon C
  • Rated 2 stars

I've read a few books and seen many a show on Everest and high altitude climbing. This book offered a a look at a more seedy side of Everest, but other than the usual back and forth about who did what and when and a bunch of "he said, she said" stuff, there's little actual substance here. I don't doubt that what the author claims actually goes on, but I expected more documentation or analysis I guess. Every time the book started to get interesting the author would click back to some...

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