A wilderness adventurer, mountaineer and backcountry navigator, Michael Cooper has explored over 8,000 miles of wild country—including places where nobody in recorded history had gone before. His memoir chronicling his many near-fatal expeditions, Miscalculated Risks: Attacked, Crippled, Paralyzed, Drowning, Unconscious and Freezing in The Wild (Just Not All at Once), is the Winner of the American Writing Awards for Best New (Debut) Nonfiction and Winner of the Literary Global Book Awards for Narrative Nonfiction. Additionally, Miscalculated Risks is a Finalist for the prestigious Foreword INDIES' Adventure, Sports & Recreation Book of the Year and has been nominated for the Eric Hoffer Montaigne Medal recognizing the year's "most thought-provoking books"—distinctions prompting National Today to recognize Cooper as "a leading voice in adventure literature." Miscalculated Risks is an Amazon Bestseller and has been #1 in sales of print books in the SPORTS & RECREATION/Extreme Sports category since the book was launched in October, 2025 [source: IngramSpark Global Distribution Network].

Cooper is also widely known as a recording engineer and producer, having worked with Academy Award-winning actor William Hurt, ABC World News anchor Barry Serafin, and Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Ashley Cleveland. A noted authority on music production and sound for film, Michael Cooper’s journalism has appeared over 500 times in seven pro-audio magazines and Wired. He has served as Contributing Editor for the recording industry’s preeminent magazine, Mix, since 1996 and composed music for feature-length film. Michael Cooper lives with his wife in Central Oregon.

For photographs and video of Michael’s adventures, visit his website: https://michaelcooperadventurer.com.

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