I didn't feel like giving them the click but the articles I read implied they had only been at base camp a few days and were rushing to summit in order to beat a weather front coming in. On Everest that is not a combination of shortcuts that should ever be considered, the mountain takes lives and doesn't care what you eat.
the person who wrote the article was biased. They said the woman would've been deficient in everything without backing it up with evidence. Bad writing imo.. stirring up hate for no reason. Also, you are more likely to die on Everest as a meat eater according to the stats.
she was untrained for it, she could've been omnivore, paleo, vegan, vegetarian or whatever. When you're not properly prepared you do not do extreme stuff. End of.
My partner is climbing 11000'rs and ski-mountaineering on a plant based diet. It is possible! Though, working on a longer trip / trek is still in the making as a raw fooder. Short trips are definitely possible. I'm going to be working on how well the example can be set as vegans with our local alpine club this hiking season. My partner is leading scramble trips and I'm planning two hiking weekends (~15km per day). It's not Everest but for people getting off the couch it can still be an accomplishment that leads them to live more actively.
It happens time and time again that when a Vegan Mother dies or her child, or when a hiker that happens to be Vegan dies during one of the most dangerous extreme sports there is . . we get attacked. It is indeed ludicrous that the Vegan diet is being blamed here, but as with all the articles involving an incident that happens more often to meat eaters bytheway, occurs to a dedicated Vegan, the situation gets blown up, explodes, and the meat lobbyists have a field day. Also it is a normal human trade to find something or somebody to blame for losing a person you love.
These articles that are usually, as already mentioned, financed by the poor food industry, can still leave a huge dent in our cause for animal rights and better health for all. And as upset I normally get when reading these reports by some poor educated doctor who is still stuck in his/her sponsored propaganda education, we need to let go and continue our journey of truth.
It will be this truth that the world will learn one day. The numbers of Vegans is increasing day by day and that is our true focus. The facts do not lie. People feel better on a meat-less diet once they let go.
I personally feel sorry that I, as a Raw Vegan, cannot climb Everest either. Not because I do not have the strength and endurance to pull it off, but I hate the cold, PLUS, I could never carry that many bananas up there to save my life.
Is that true that B12 is something that helps with oxygen actually getting to your brain? Also, the "womens health" article fails to mention the other two people who died on Everest recently - but somehow their dietary choices were not seen as a risk factor.
Yes, because b12 levels are linked to higher hematocrit and red blood cell count. More b12, more rbc and hematocrit. Blood carries oxygen to the brain.
You still have to get oxygen to get oxygen to your brain though.
This story has been everywhere. It was on the front page of the newspaper this morning, but it did not say the same thing. It didn't make it sound like vegans were horrible, and it make us sound better than average.
The comments on that post have already debunked it.
I would love to see some ketosis people even try to get within 400m of the summit.
Ha, I thought this was going to be a discussion about how much energy you have as a vegan that you can't help but one day climb Everest and of course it is dangerous, so therefore being vegan is dangerous because you have so much energy you end up doing dangerous things! ;D
Wonder how much that Mag got from the meat and dairy industry to write that. :P
Very nice list of posts in the comments section though!!!
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I didn't feel like giving them the click but the articles I read implied they had only been at base camp a few days and were rushing to summit in order to beat a weather front coming in. On Everest that is not a combination of shortcuts that should ever be considered, the mountain takes lives and doesn't care what you eat.
she was untrained for it, she could've been omnivore, paleo, vegan, vegetarian or whatever. When you're not properly prepared you do not do extreme stuff. End of.
My partner is climbing 11000'rs and ski-mountaineering on a plant based diet. It is possible! Though, working on a longer trip / trek is still in the making as a raw fooder. Short trips are definitely possible. I'm going to be working on how well the example can be set as vegans with our local alpine club this hiking season. My partner is leading scramble trips and I'm planning two hiking weekends (~15km per day). It's not Everest but for people getting off the couch it can still be an accomplishment that leads them to live more actively.
It happens time and time again that when a Vegan Mother dies or her child, or when a hiker that happens to be Vegan dies during one of the most dangerous extreme sports there is . . we get attacked. It is indeed ludicrous that the Vegan diet is being blamed here, but as with all the articles involving an incident that happens more often to meat eaters bytheway, occurs to a dedicated Vegan, the situation gets blown up, explodes, and the meat lobbyists have a field day. Also it is a normal human trade to find something or somebody to blame for losing a person you love.
These articles that are usually, as already mentioned, financed by the poor food industry, can still leave a huge dent in our cause for animal rights and better health for all. And as upset I normally get when reading these reports by some poor educated doctor who is still stuck in his/her sponsored propaganda education, we need to let go and continue our journey of truth.
It will be this truth that the world will learn one day. The numbers of Vegans is increasing day by day and that is our true focus. The facts do not lie. People feel better on a meat-less diet once they let go.
I personally feel sorry that I, as a Raw Vegan, cannot climb Everest either. Not because I do not have the strength and endurance to pull it off, but I hate the cold, PLUS, I could never carry that many bananas up there to save my life.
#CTFU
Is that true that B12 is something that helps with oxygen actually getting to your brain? Also, the "womens health" article fails to mention the other two people who died on Everest recently - but somehow their dietary choices were not seen as a risk factor.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36355920
You still have to get oxygen to get oxygen to your brain though.
The comments on that post have already debunked it.
I would love to see some ketosis people even try to get within 400m of the summit.
Ha, I thought this was going to be a discussion about how much energy you have as a vegan that you can't help but one day climb Everest and of course it is dangerous, so therefore being vegan is dangerous because you have so much energy you end up doing dangerous things! ;D
Wonder how much that Mag got from the meat and dairy industry to write that. :P
Very nice list of posts in the comments section though!!!