Deliverance, Denial, and the Death Zone
- 1 June 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
- Vol. 35 (2), 163-187
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0021886399352003
Abstract
Building on previous disaster research, this article presents and analyzes the May 1996 Mount Everest climbing disaster. Using a blend of psychodynamic and structuralist theory, the article demonstrates how historical changes in the field of high-altitude climbing fostered the emergence of pathologically narcissistic, competitive, and regressive dynamics that ultimately contributed to numerous climbing deaths.Keywords
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