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Deliverance, Denial, and the Death Zone

A Study of Narcissism and Regression in the May 1996 Everest Climbing Disaster

Michael Elmes

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

David Barry

University of Auckland

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.

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Vol. 35, No. 2, 163-187 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/0021886399352003
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