Kodas Michael:
High Crimes
Hyperion (United States), 2009
Paperback, 368 pages
Size: 202x130 mm
ISBN: 9781401309848
ISBN-10: 1401309844
List price: £11.99
You save: 30%
High Crimes
The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed. A first-hand account of crime and corruption on Mount Everest. In 1996 eight climbers died atop Mount Everest in a single storm - a story that made headlines across the globe and formed the basis of Jon Krakauer's monumental bestseller 'Into Thin Air'. But instead of being scared off by this event, even more people wish to beat the mountain and pay more than $65,000 to get a piece of the action. Where once climbers like Sir Edmund Hilary enjoyed noble and brave reputations, in the 21st century the criminal element has turned Everest into a place where beatings, thefts, drugs, prostitution, threats and abandoment reign.

