Writer - Michael Kodas

Michael is an award-winning reporter, writer, photojournalist, and author of the bestselling book High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed. The book was published by Hyperion in the U.S. and subsequently printed in various languages and countries in Europe and Asia. In 2008 High Crimes was named Best Non-Fiction in USA Book News' National Best Book Awards.

Kodas has written extensively for many other publications in the United States and Europe.

Use the links below to view samples of Michael Kodas' writings:

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

• Prologue

From Northeast Magazine

• Implosion:

Connecticut Climbers Defied Death at the Top of the World, No One Imagined the View Would Turn So Ugly

• Wilderness Journey:

Some Troubled Teens Succeed, Others Fail, In a 20-day Struggle for Self Discovery to the Top of His Own Mountain

From The New York Times

• The Height of Avarice

• Avalanche Survival: Know Your Snow

From Outside.com

• A Few False Moves

From The Hartford Courant

• Restrictions on Fisherman are Creating a Disturbing Effect: Waste

• Fished Out

• House Calls

• Yosemite on the Precipice

• An Artist's Divine Inspiration

• Call of the Wild Fires

• Amistad at Sea

• A Path from Darkness: Community Embraces War-scarred Muslim Children

From Kissing the Sky - A Series in The Hartford Courant looking at the changing role of women in mountaineering

• Breaking Barriers

• The Suffering Begins

• The Summit Summons

• Descend or Die

Michael Kodas

Author, Reporter & Writer