Yep, breathing 10% oxygen instead of the normal 20% takes it out of you! We live at the base of a mountain called Pikes Peak and a couple of weekends ago we decided to travel up it. Let me tell you, getting up there is a little scary! Hairpin turns and sheer cliff drops less than a foot away from you is an experience! At 14, 100 feet only small flowers and shrubs grow at the top and only at about an inch every 75 years or so!
This is where 'America the Beautiful' came about, and yes the view is certainly beautiful, in fact, despite my clammy hands and shortness of breath (more due to the scary trip up and back down again than the 10% oxygen) I can't wait to go up again, and again, and again!
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