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The 1996 mount everest climbing disaster: Recounting the tragic events

In: Destructive goal pursuit: The mount everest disaster

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  • D Christopher Kayes

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Imagine training your sights on a distant goal, an ideal dream. You devote resources, make sacrifices, and direct unwavering attention to achieving the goal. The goal may have begun as a dream, like climbing a mountain. The lure of mountaineering is magical. After a few successful climbs on short, easy routes, you seek greater challenges. Dreaming of the summit becomes electric, the experience of climbing a craving. After a time your dreams become bigger. Each mountain peak you climb and each successful summit make you crave more. You begin to catch what climbers call “summit fever.”

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  • D Christopher Kayes, 2006. "The 1996 mount everest climbing disaster: Recounting the tragic events," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Destructive goal pursuit: The mount everest disaster, chapter 2, pages 11-25, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-50347-2_2
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230503472_2
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