High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
by:
Michael Kodas (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781401390839 (1401390838)
Publish date: February 5th 2008
Publisher: Hyperion
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Travel,
History,
Survival,
Mystery,
Nature,
Crime,
Sports And Games,
Sports,
Mountaineering,
Outdoors,
Climbing
only 1.99 on ibooks! an obvious Into Thin Air knock-off, at least the prose isn't terrible. 1.99 is a price point that means the author is doing the world a favor, and I accept this favor graciously. a few hours more in Everest, and if the sheer genius doesn't quite reach Krakauer, at least there is...
Mt. Everest has become a vast garbage dump. Persons of all persuasions, limitations (be the first without oxygen), handicaps (be the first asthmatic), ages (be the first over 70), and genders (the first transsexual – just kidding, at least so far) – if they have the funds – can pay an outfitter to ...