High Crimes

Description

Published by Hyperion New York, 2008, 1st US Edition, D/w, Fine.   This controversial book by journalist Michael Kodas describes a Mount Everest where the influx of  wealthy climbers is drawing crime to the highest place on the planet.  He reports that, in his view, the change is caused both by a tremendous boom in traffic, and a new class of parasitic and predatory adventurer. The book takes readers on a harrowing tour of the criminal underworld on the slopes of the world’s most majestic mountain.  It describes two expeditions – the tragic story of Nils Antezana, a climber who died on Everest after he was abandoned by his guide, and the author’s story of his own participation in the Connecticut Everest Expedition, where, he maintains, hostility, the threat of violence and intimidation were prevalent.