<br>Widely known as a recording engineer (on projects featuring Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt, former weekend anchor of ABC World News Barry Serafin, and Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Ashley Cleveland), pro-audio journalist (with more than 500 articles published in national and overseas magazines), and Contributing Editor for <em>Mix</em> magazine, Michael Cooper’s crazy private life now gets spilled in his critically acclaimed memoir <em>Miscalculated Risks</em>:<br><br>A wilderness adventurer, mountaineer and navigator, Cooper explored more than 8,000 miles of wilderness—including places nobody in recorded history had gone before—and nearly lost his life over a half-dozen times in the process. <em>Midwest Book Review</em> says <em>Miscalculated Risks</em> "will leave readers on the edges of their seats" and is "nothing short of remarkable." <em>Kirkus Reviews</em> says, "The wilderness comes alive on the page in this (literal) trailblazer's memoir. . . . Cooper portrays his adventures in immersive detail."<br><br>Michael Cooper lives with his wife in Central Oregon.<br>For photographs and video of Michael’s adventures, visit his website: https://michaelcooperadventurer.com. <br>
