Fri, Jan-22-10, 11:51
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Senior Member
Posts: 164
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Plan: Schwarzbein
Stats: 138/143/130
BF:
Progress: -63%
Location: Colorado
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Thank you so much for your information Hutchinson. That Oregon website answered a lot of my questions about altitude.
I'll have to try getting out in the sun more once it gets warm enough around here. It's still too cold to show skin other than my face and hands when I go walking for my work breaks. Will also have to do more hiking and camping this year, too.
Last year I did eat my lunch outside in the sun and found that I didn't burn too badly after a while. I would get a little red, but it would go away within an hour, so it might have been just the heat. Now being on the high fat/low carb diet and taking Omega 3s I should do better this year.
I found this bit from http://www.sunarc.org/ask.htm
"The higher surface elevation of most states west of the Rocky Mountains is one reason why UVB is higher and mortality from internal cancers is lower than east of the Rockies (see the maps at www.sunarc.org). A second reason is that the column ozone is lower west of the Rockies since the prevailing westerly winds have to push over the Rockies and, in doing so, push up the tropopause and make for a thinner stratosphere. A third reason is that more people live in urban areas in the east and, as a result, spend more time indoors."
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