High Crimes Quotes

“Many adventurers are discovering that the most dangerous tests they face in the wild come not from nature but from neighboring tents, as greed and ambition conspire to draw corruption to the wilderness.”
― Michael Kodas, High Crimes

“drawing a new kind of climber to the mountain—freeloaders and outlaws who plan to make it to the summit by exploiting the equipment, supplies, and legwork of better-resourced climbers and expeditions.”
― Michael Kodas, High Crimes

“A growing army of Sherpas does almost all of the work, all but carrying many of the commercial clients to the summit.”
― Michael Kodas, High Crimes

“North side mountaineers pay as little as ten percent of the $65,000 charged by the best expeditions on the south side. And that price difference has made Tibet the Everest climber’s Wal-Mart.”
― Michael Kodas, High Crimes

“in wildernesses where weather and gravity create dire consequences for the smallest of offenses, it only takes a few outlaws to bring mayhem and disaster.”
― Michael Kodas, High Crimes

“imposing strict international standards had made the mountains in Europe safer, and”
― Michael Kodas, High Crimes

“Henry had been paying Sherpas to carry empty oxygen bottles off Everest—one of many lauded efforts to clean up the mountain. The”
― Michael Kodas, High Crimes

“Everest had turned into a mountain of media. During Nils Antezana’s and my time there in 2004, climbers and journalists filed live to more than 100 Web sites, blogs, newspapers, television outlets, and radio stations. My”
― Michael Kodas, High Crimes

“And when a boldly independent but woefully underequipped climber like David Sharp gets into trouble high on the mountain, everyone within range of helping will be faced with the same wrenching dilemma: give up on the dream they have spent thousands of dollars and months of suffering to achieve, to save someone who came underprepared—or leave him to his fate in order to stay focused on their own ambitions.”
― Michael Kodas, High Crimes