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92. Jesus. 250 dead on that mountain

Sun May 22, 2016, 08:09 PM

May 2016

and she is probably the first vegan.

who wrote this story, bigAg and the atkins company?

rip to all the climbers, but the idea that this was due to her diet is INSANE

she probably had thinner blood and less crap in her arteries and less body fat to drag up the mountain, all of which may have added to her survival odds

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Vegan woman dies of altitude sickness on Mount Everest trying to prove "vegans can do anything" [View all] Kang Colby May 2016 OP

Mount Everest: two climbers killed and 30 needing medical help Electric Monk May 2016 #1

I don't think being a vegan or carnivore matters when it dilby May 2016 #2

Yes it does. former9thward May 2016 #44

You have not one bit of evidence that she had an iron deficiency. Vegans and vegetarians are not Luminous Animal May 2016 #53

And you don't know what it was either. former9thward May 2016 #64

How do you know she did not eat spinach and other iron rich foods? Rex May 2016 #77

I don't know what she ate. former9thward May 2016 #83

Yeah that is why it is called an opinion. Rex May 2016 #87

And the vegan crowd is clearly bothered by mine. former9thward May 2016 #89

In the history of Mt Everest mountain climbing, omnivores have died at a far higher rate than vegans Doremus May 2016 #141

Is that an internet statistic pulled from thin air? former9thward May 2016 #142

The vegan crowd seems rarely bothered by opinions LanternWaste May 2016 #150

And you are insisting, WITHOUT EVIDENCE, that her diet had everything to do with it. Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #80

None of my posts said that. former9thward May 2016 #90

Frankly, none of us really knows. I do know that a healthy organic vegan diet is not only good for Dont call me Shirley May 2016 #94

Interesting interpretation on your part 2naSalit May 2016 #104

You have no idea what her diet was former9thward May 2016 #130

I am insisting because she was an athlete and an experienced climber as well as an Luminous Animal May 2016 #96

Not just iron, B12... 4139 May 2016 #69

You can eat fortified cereal with all the B 12 your body needs. Rex May 2016 #78

Some people cannot use dietary B12 because of tblue37 May 2016 #121

We vegans have to take B12 to avoid neurologic problems mucifer May 2016 #103

I have a vegan brother in law and he is RIPPED. phleshdef May 2016 #111

This might be the wrong place to ask GulfCoast66 May 2016 #117

Well. B12 is available through soil. So a diet based on organic vegetables would provide B12. Luminous Animal May 2016 #120

Because B-12 is produced by bacterial action. LeftyMom May 2016 #123

You are assuming I care about "a natural life". It's not a priority for me. mucifer May 2016 #125

Thanks for the reply GulfCoast66 May 2016 #139

Another man died of the same thing on the climb. dilby May 2016 #116

Did you do the autopsy? former9thward May 2016 #129

No, being vegan has nothing to do with it Warpy May 2016 #135

Her Death Says Nothing to Me About Weakness of Vegans? pmorlan1 May 2016 #3

Do you mean other than that she made a rather big issue of it. longship May 2016 #5

No, I mean pmorlan1 May 2016 #8

Maybe people from Vega should not be climbing tall mountains. longship May 2016 #15

What melman May 2016 #18

FYI the poster you're responding to yewberry May 2016 #23

Making fun of hypocrites longship May 2016 #26

And if she had died by getting hit by lightning, would you make that about her diet, as well? Luminous Animal May 2016 #43

I wouldn't know. The irony of it is just fucking sad. nt longship May 2016 #49

She made it about her diet. Egnever May 2016 #65

And the cause of her death had nothing to do about her diet. There might be a point IF she had Luminous Animal May 2016 #86

Or consider this Egnever May 2016 #95

What are doing here is promoting the propaganda that diet can cause altitude sickness. Or that Luminous Animal May 2016 #97

Carnivore Here pmorlan1 May 2016 #22

"I am going to show the world that vegans can climb Mount Everest!!" longship May 2016 #30

And she died of altitude sickness which has nothing to do with fitness or diet. Luminous Animal May 2016 #35

How do you know? former9thward May 2016 #60

Who cares? pmorlan1 May 2016 #37

Obviously you DO care about what other people eat muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #39

No, I really don't give a damn. longship May 2016 #45

You've cared enough to call her a 'hypocrite' twice, despite not knowing muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #52

She was a hypocrite for thinking that her surviving Mt Everest... longship May 2016 #58

I think you need this: muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #63

Again. I don't give a damn what they eat, or don't eat. longship May 2016 #71

You say you don't give a damn. 8 posts show otherwise. Lancero May 2016 #55

I am just responding. longship May 2016 #61

"I don't try to convert people to my diet." yewberry May 2016 #62

No I don't. longship May 2016 #66

Naw dude, you post more about vegan diets than I do, and I host the Veg*n/AR group. LeftyMom May 2016 #119

I rarely post in the vegan group. longship May 2016 #122

Dude, did a vegan steal your girlfriend? LeftyMom May 2016 #124

In my opinion, they should all go back to Vega. longship May 2016 #126

Hey thanks for letting me know you had trollish posts in the group. LeftyMom May 2016 #127

No loss. longship May 2016 #131

Yes, you do. yewberry May 2016 #128

It's not their diet, it is their behavior. longship May 2016 #132

You are the omnivore version of the proselytizing vegan you hate. yewberry May 2016 #133

Eat what you want, with my best regards. longship May 2016 #134

Your arguments are ridiculous. yewberry May 2016 #157

You make many unsupported allegations to rationalize your choice of vulgarity towards them. LanternWaste May 2016 #149

This just seems apropos... opiate69 May 2016 #159

Indeed 2naSalit May 2016 #105

I definitely don't have that "thrill seeking gene". Nye Bevan May 2016 #4

If I wanted to experience daredevil risky thrills, ... JustABozoOnThisBus May 2016 #6

I do but I'll stay off of Everest especially since I don't have the money to climb dlwickham May 2016 #28

No thrill seeking gene here either. 3catwoman3 May 2016 #46

I've Done Parasailing ProfessorGAC May 2016 #145

This message was self-deleted by its author Turbineguy May 2016 #7

The ability to avoid altitude sickness is a result of evolution, not diet. Luminous Animal May 2016 #38

This was very sad nt DesertRat May 2016 #9

So? 200+ non-vegans died on Everest before her. tenderfoot May 2016 #10

I'm not grave dancing. n/t Kang Colby May 2016 #11

Many people have no business on Everest; their diet has nothing to do with that REP May 2016 #12

Being vegan had nothing to do with it Ned_Devine May 2016 #13

She did state that she felt she had something to prove as a vegan. Kang Colby May 2016 #14

Because there's a stigma. Are you being serious? Ned_Devine May 2016 #21

Yes. Kang Colby May 2016 #27

She didn't die because she's a vegan. Are you purposely being obtuse? Ned_Devine May 2016 #36

Yes, but she also didn't prove that being vegan made her any different (nt) The Straight Story May 2016 #51

Holy shit. What a stupid thread I've thrown myself into Ned_Devine May 2016 #54

Yep. Luminous Animal May 2016 #57

No, not really, here is the gist of it The Straight Story May 2016 #59

Is that what she told you, that being vegan somehow made her better? Ned_Devine May 2016 #67

"We want to prove that vegans can do anything and more." The Straight Story May 2016 #73

That is because people keep fucking telling vegans that they are malnourished and weak. Luminous Animal May 2016 #88

I see. The Straight Story May 2016 #91

Apparently, you've never met a cave man aficionado. And yes, if the conversation veers to the Luminous Animal May 2016 #108

Vegans don't have to preach to catch shit from people. Mariana May 2016 #136

Oh no, this thread is nothing LOL snooper2 May 2016 #140

Well, she made it about that. And she died. nt longship May 2016 #16

FYI, altitude sickness is not related to fitness. Luminous Animal May 2016 #20

I don't... Ned_Devine May 2016 #25

I hope you're just playing dumb Ned_Devine May 2016 #24

No. It is just the sad irony of it. nt longship May 2016 #31

I agree. I think that's the best way to describe this story.."sad irony". eom Kang Colby May 2016 #98

Thank you. nt longship May 2016 #99

I wonder if she had any blood tests before she went TexasBushwhacker May 2016 #17

Sorry vegan haters but altitude sickness has nothing to do with fitness. Luminous Animal May 2016 #19

I'm Curious pmorlan1 May 2016 #29

It's ridiculous danimich1 May 2016 #70

It was news to me pmorlan1 May 2016 #72

I think what most in the thread have their undies in a wad about -- Mother Of Four May 2016 #148

Exactly! danimich1 May 2016 #151

And I'm sure it's only vegans who die on the mountain. Binkie The Clown May 2016 #32

She stated she was doing this to prove vegans could do it. She made it about veganism. n/t Kang Colby May 2016 #33

That was a stupid thing for her to do: "Stupid Person Dies on Mt. Everest" Sorry. Sad, but true. n/t Binkie The Clown May 2016 #34

Evidently pmorlan1 May 2016 #40

And you are making her death about veganism. Her diet and fitness had ZERO influence on Luminous Animal May 2016 #41

No I'm not. And you don't know that her diet and fitness had nothing to do with this. Kang Colby May 2016 #48

Look up altitude sickness and its causes. Fitness and diet are pretty much ruled out. ALSO, Luminous Animal May 2016 #56

Altitude sickness has killed any number of strong omnivorous hikers. She's not an object lesson... Hekate May 2016 #42

+ a brazillion milestogo May 2016 #74

Did being vegan contributed to the altitude sickness? TexasProgresive May 2016 #47

Doctor? She had a PhD in finance. She was a banking and finance expert... Kang Colby May 2016 #50

Fine, but was her being vegan what contributed to her death? TexasProgresive May 2016 #68

Being Vegan had nothing to do Texasgal May 2016 #76

Mount Everest has claimed a lot of bodies over the decades, sorry to hear more added. Rex May 2016 #75

Stupid headline. RufusTFirefly May 2016 #79

She decided to make this about being vegan in that she wanted to prove vegans can climb Mt. Everest. Kang Colby May 2016 #100

I don't care if she was a fucking Mac user. klook May 2016 #81

Can they come back from the dead? N/T catnhatnh May 2016 #82

Wow. Didn't we all condemn Bill Frist for diagnosing Terri ToxMarz May 2016 #84

Exactly. Kang Colby May 2016 #85

Jesus. 250 dead on that mountain restorefreedom May 2016 #92

Actually, she isn't the first vegan. In fact, many Sherpas, due to Buddhism, are vegetarians. Luminous Animal May 2016 #102

i wondered about the sherpas restorefreedom May 2016 #109

Well, they do have the advantage of evolution. Luminous Animal May 2016 #110

they certainly have been acclimated restorefreedom May 2016 #153

Many carry a genetic mutation that improves high-altitude O2 transfer NickB79 May 2016 #158

Each and every one of us... ReRe May 2016 #93

Climbing Everest: a pasttime of the roody May 2016 #101

And sadly, the dead. longship May 2016 #106

This has nothing to do with diet. ananda May 2016 #107

I have no opinion about this woman's diet, SheilaT May 2016 #112

Uhhhh, Eko May 2016 #113

It's unfortunate that she died, but... Orrex May 2016 #114

"Dutch national Eric Arnold, 36, also died after falling ill." Brother Joe Observes May 2016 #115

Wow, celebrating her death to prove you hate vegans, disgusting. Nt Logical May 2016 #118

Her death is tragic...I don't hate vegans. Some of my closest friends are vegans. n/t Kang Colby May 2016 #147

Staying at 26k feet was more than likely what killed her, not being vegan. moriah May 2016 #137

dumb... Blue_Tires May 2016 #138

3rd point below the headline: She was an experienced climber who previously conquered Kilimanjaro Luminous Animal May 2016 #143

Maybe she should have climbed it again... Blue_Tires May 2016 #146

excellent point restorefreedom May 2016 #155

For all of the anti-vegans here dumping on her at least SHE was brave enough to try. Lancero May 2016 #144

hear hear! restorefreedom May 2016 #154

Any place on Earth CompanyFirstSergeant May 2016 #152

How many vegans made it that we didn't know their eating habits? freeplessinseattle May 2016 #156