Kodas details how the recent infusion of wealth into mountaineering has brought about the age-old lust for glory.
Kodas describes many such experiences, and explores the larger issues these stories raise with thriller-like intensity..
Beatings, thefts, drugs, prostitution, coercion, threats, and abandonment on the highest slopes of Everest and other mountains have become the rule rather than the exception.
Those that tried to stand against the violence and theft found that the worst of the intimidation had followed them home to Connecticut.
By the end of the expedition, the three women could not travel unaccompanied in base camp due to the threat of violence.
Dijmarescu, who at first seemed well-intentioned and charming, turned increasingly hostile to his own wife, as well as to the author and the other women on the team.
High Crimes describes two major expeditions: the tragic story of Nils Antezana, a climber who died on Everest after he was abandoned by his guide; as well as the author\'s own story of his participation in the Connecticut Everest Expedition, guided by George Dijmarescu and his wife and climbing partner, Lhakpa Sherpa.
This book takes readers on a harrowing tour of the criminal underworld on the slopes of the world\'s most majestic mountain.
It\'s likely that Jon Krakauer would not recognize the camps that he visited on Mount Everest almost a decade ago.
The change is caused both by a tremendous boom in traffic, and a new class of parasitic and predatory adventurer.
Among all the books documenting the glorious adventures in mountains around the world, none details how the recent infusion of wealthy climbers is drawing crime to the highest place on the planet.
In the years following the publication of Into Thin Air , much has changed on Mount Everest.
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.
Through others accounts, as well as his own, the author illustrates the mountain\'s ability to reduce climbers to their essential selves--revealing villains as well as heroes.
Kodas details how the recent infusion of wealth into mountaineering has brought about the age-old lust for glory
