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• jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Pretty much. If you go to a Broncos game, you’re going to see a graphic saying we’re 5280 feet above sea-level at least a hundred times.

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  • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They’re right. Altitude sickness is absolutely real. I live in CT pretty close to sea level. I hiked the flatirons in Boulder and puked my guts out when I came back down.

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    • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The first time I ever took a non-pressurized aircraft to 10,000 feet was an interesting experience. I noticed myself breathing…not heavier, that feels like the wrong word, because I had the opposite problem to “heavy.” I needed to breathe noticeably deeper and faster just sitting still at the controls of the plane doing maybe slightly more work than typing this sentence. Somebody from a lower area going up to Denver (about half the altitude I flew to that day) to play a sport has an elevated chance of Not A Good Day.

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      • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        You’d think the Rockies would have a better record but they somehow still consistently suck

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• ickplant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Basically yes. We even have a local magazine called 5280.

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• benderbeerman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Sounds like they take their distances pretty seriously over there in the mile-high city

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