Meaning of Mt. Everest syndrome | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“There exists in medicine, as in most pursuits, a certain degree of the Mt. Everest syndrome: When asked why he climbed the mountain, an adventurer replied, "Because it is there." It is useful to pause in our enthusiasm to label and ask ourselves to what end we do it.”

“When it is in the anterior chamber, the lens can and should be easily extracted for the reasons just given and not because of Chandler’s “Mt. Everest syndrome” (the urge to meet and conquer a challenge).”

“He suggests that it is probably due to the Mt. Everest syndrome at work, i.e., the TPS metric was “there.””

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