Michael Kodas

High Crimes made the Washington Post’s recent roundup of sports books. Reviewer Allen Barra wrote:

“In 2004, on assignment for the Hartford Courant, Kodas joined an expedition to scale Everest led by two veteran climbers. Whatever the paper paid him, it wasn’t enough. As if the constant threat of death weren’t sufficiently terrifying, he 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 exposé of a sport riddled with danger and corruption…”  

Check out the entire Washington Post roundup of sports books, which suggests many other terrific reads. 

“Kodas’s writing is clear and forceful, and he creates several gripping moments of suspense. In the end, there’s no getting around his conclusion: Everest, now more than ever, is a place any sane person would avoid.” - Brad Wetzler                           Check out the full review in the February, 2008 issue of Outside magazine