So it's not really a good idea to drink alot when you are at high elevations and that kinda bothers me. What the hell was the Coors family thinking when they set up shop in Golden, Colorado...which by the way is not that golden.Anyways, so a few friends of I.B.T.C.'s decided to take a trip to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and despite the great conditions...drinking while 9,000 feet in the air is not a good idea. Shortness of breath, sweats, dizzyness...oh...its a blast. Kinda feels like waking up 2 hours late for your first day of work.
So the casualites:
1. I was unable to snowboard on the last day of the trip due to dehydration and that was about as cool as a testicle blister.
2. One of the members of the trip drank so much that he passed out and was "tagged" on the forehead (pictured) with a Gatorade advertising slogan.
3. Burrito madness
4. Someone on our trip threw up black stuff...and we still dont know what it was? Jager?
So wikipedia says:
Altitude sickness, also known as acute mountain sickness (AMS), altitude illness, or soroche, is a pathological condition that is caused by acute exposure to low air pressure (usually outdoors at high altitudes). It commonly occurs above 2,400 metres (approximately 8,000 feet).[1][2] Acute mountain sickness can progress to high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) or high altitude cerebral edema (HACE).[1][3]
The cause of altitude sickness is still not understood.[1][4] It occurs in low atmospheric pressure conditions but not necessarily in low oxygen conditions at sea level pressure. Although treatable to some extent by the administration of oxygen, most of the symptoms do not appear to be caused by low oxygen, but rather by the low CO2 levels causing a rise in blood pH, alkalosis. The percentage of oxygen in air remains essentially constant with altitude at 21% up until 70,000 feet (21,330 metres) but the air pressure (and therefore the number of oxygen molecules) drops as altitude increases - consequently, the available amount of oxygen to sustain mental and physical alertness decreases above 10,000 feet (3,050 metres) .[5][6] Altitude sickness usually does not affect persons traveling in aircraft because modern aircraft passenger compartments are pressurized at an air pressure equivlant to an altitude of 8,000 feet (2,440 metres).
A related condition,[citation needed] occurring only after prolonged exposure to high altitude, is chronic mountain sickness, also known as Monge's disease.[7]
An unrelated condition, although often confused with altitude sickness, is dehydration, due to the higher rate of water vapor lost from the lungs at higher altitudes.
The cause of altitude sickness is still not understood.[1][4] It occurs in low atmospheric pressure conditions but not necessarily in low oxygen conditions at sea level pressure. Although treatable to some extent by the administration of oxygen, most of the symptoms do not appear to be caused by low oxygen, but rather by the low CO2 levels causing a rise in blood pH, alkalosis. The percentage of oxygen in air remains essentially constant with altitude at 21% up until 70,000 feet (21,330 metres) but the air pressure (and therefore the number of oxygen molecules) drops as altitude increases - consequently, the available amount of oxygen to sustain mental and physical alertness decreases above 10,000 feet (3,050 metres) .[5][6] Altitude sickness usually does not affect persons traveling in aircraft because modern aircraft passenger compartments are pressurized at an air pressure equivlant to an altitude of 8,000 feet (2,440 metres).
A related condition,[citation needed] occurring only after prolonged exposure to high altitude, is chronic mountain sickness, also known as Monge's disease.[7]
An unrelated condition, although often confused with altitude sickness, is dehydration, due to the higher rate of water vapor lost from the lungs at higher altitudes.
Hey AMS...go fuck yourself.
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