{"product_id":"high-crimes-the-fate-of-everest-in-an-age-of-greed-1401302734","title":"High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1401302734\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kodas, Michael\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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 WeeklyHigh 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52274569675040,"sku":"NEW1401302734","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71rhkv4s0AL.jpg?v=1788083755","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/high-crimes-the-fate-of-everest-in-an-age-of-greed-1401302734","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}