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xkcd #3124: Grounded

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We should have you at the gate in just under two hours--two and a half if we get pulled over.

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[–] PoliteDudeInTheMood@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

I was in Ecuador recently, Quito which is 9350ft. The second the plane door opened, I felt it. Leaving the plane the air was so thin I could barely stand up. The altitude sickness was alot more for me than "being tired". And I had started altitude sickness pills 2 days before my flight.