PPal - When the average mountain town sits at about 10,000 ft and most of climbable mountains are the "Fourteeners" (meaning they peak at about 14,000+ ft), 9000ft is foothills. Boulder Co sits at like 7000 I think.. old friend of mine, her house sat at about 11,000 ft. But, to be honest, when I live in NNY, we were at about 46 ft and it liked to have killed me. Being at an altitude lower than 3000 ft is hard on my lungs.. I can't breathe as I feel that I have an elephant sitting on my chest and my head is about to implode from the pressure.
