It can manifest as a "mental summit fever," where a person hyper-focuses on a specific challenge or perfectionist goal to the point of exhaustion. 3. Pop Culture & Literature
Professionals may experience "summit fever" when they plow through work assignments without proper resources or neglect family and health to close a deal. Summit Fever
In mountaineering, is a "tunnel-vision" obsession with reaching the top of a peak at all costs. It can manifest as a "mental summit fever,"
It is often fueled by "sunk-cost" thinking—the idea that because so much time, money, and effort have been invested, turning back is not an option. and effort have been invested