High Crimes: The Fate of Mount Everest in an Age of Greed

High Crimes: The Fate of Mount Everest in an Age of GreedI met a photographer for the Hartford Courant, Michael Kodas, at Green Drinks the other night and it turns out he is also the author of this book. High Crimes.

I’ve always been skeptical about mountain climbers, especially those who climb places that are truly death-defying. I think this might have something to do with the female in me, because my primeval instinct to these particular challenges is “stupid, selfish.”

Why? Climbers who die on top of mountains have left behind not just grieving mother or fathers, but children who will never really know their parent. So it doesn’t surprise me that the people who are driven to climb to such heights are also, sometimes, given to other selfish and greedy traits.

I am curious about this book, because I think it might reveal something about the nature of the person who chases death.

If you are in the Fairfield County area, you can meet Michael Kodas at reading events in Westport today or New Canaan on the 24th. Here’s the website.

Elizabeth Howard

Elizabeth writes literary non-fiction, haiku, cultural rants, and Demand Poetry in order to forward the cause of beautiful writing. She calls London, Kansas City, and Iowa home. 

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