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• HoopyFrood@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  What the heck does this mean? Is the number 5280 just painted all over billboards in Denver?

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  • jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Pretty much. If you go to a Broncos game, you’re going to see a graphic saying we’re 5280 feet above sea-level at least a hundred times.

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    • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They’re right. Altitude sickness is absolutely real. I live in CT pretty close to sea level. I hiked the flatirons in Boulder and puked my guts out when I came back down.

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      • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The first time I ever took a non-pressurized aircraft to 10,000 feet was an interesting experience. I noticed myself breathing…not heavier, that feels like the wrong word, because I had the opposite problem to “heavy.” I needed to breathe noticeably deeper and faster just sitting still at the controls of the plane doing maybe slightly more work than typing this sentence. Somebody from a lower area going up to Denver (about half the altitude I flew to that day) to play a sport has an elevated chance of Not A Good Day.

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  • ickplant@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Basically yes. We even have a local magazine called 5280.

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  • benderbeerman@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sounds like they take their distances pretty seriously over there in the mile-high city

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  • Octavio@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So many businesses and shops are named 5280. Breweries, coffee shops, bars, transmission shops, interior design shops, animal hospitals, dry cleaners, bakeries…that number is plastered on signs and advertisements everywhere. 😂

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