(May 21, 2016 at 9:12 pm)Aractus Wrote: Breaking news: vegan dies while descending Mt Everest.
Eryk Bagshaw Wrote:Monash University lecturer Maria Strydom succumbed to altitude sickness and reportedly suffered a stroke and snow blindness while making her descent on Saturday.
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A vegan, Dr Strydom was motivated to tackle Everest by challenging the diet's stereotypes.
"It seems that people have this warped idea of vegans being malnourished and weak," Dr Strydom said in March. "By climbing the seven summits we want to prove that vegans can do anything and more."
Update: their expedition is the first this year to suffer a fatality (2 fatalities so far), and Maria's husband is currently battling congestive heart failure.
Also "Furtengi Sherpa, the Operational Manager of Seven Summit Treks, said that Dr Strydom had been battling illness as the final push began."
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"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
