Some how I feel like my tolerence for alcohol is lower at higher elevations. Is there evidence this is true?!
Other differences;
Raised in Pwood half my life,
Only go to 1 or 2 bars in Pwood
Answers: When I go out with My friends in Missoula Montana (elevation 3200), I'll have three-five beers and be pretty buzzed, if not drunk. When I go out with my friends in Plentywood Montana (elevation 2047) I can drink all night and barely get drunk.
Other differences;
Raised in Pwood half my life,
Only go to 1 or 2 bars in Pwood
The reason for this is that, chemically, alcohol interferes with the ability of the brain to utilize oxygen. The effects are rapid-first because alcohol passes so quickly into the bloodstream, and second because the brain is a highly vascular organ, immediately sensitive to changes in the blood's composition.
This happens for pilots and people on airplanes as well.
the ammount of oxygen in the air could come into affect, the higher you get the less oxygen there is which could make the booze hit harder since your already struggling to work and normal cognitive levels
True. But drinkin' all night ain't good!
Yes, it has to due with the oxygen levels, as the first answer suggests. I am from Portland Oregon, I have no trouble drinking there. I live in Denver Colorado, and it took only a beer or two to make me not feel well at all! It's weird how it works, but it does.
I once had a buddy who took a nap after three beers in Colorado. We are flatlanders, about 900 feet in elevation.