Jim

I'm curious what effect regularly alternating between high elevations and low elevations might have on the human body in the long term, and short term.

I live in a Portland, a low elevation city, and drive (occasionally fly) to various locations with higher elevations for 8 days at a time.

So that every year I spend half of my time at an average of 50-200 ft of elevation and the other half of my time at an average of 4000 ft of elevation.  This has been going on for 4-5 years.

I would like to read studies that have been conducted on the topic in order to see what effects this type of lifestyle might, or might not, have on me and also to perhaps contribute to such a study.  But I don't know how to find these types of studies.  Personal knowledge of the subject would be greatly appreciated aswell and it would help my search to hear some relevant terminology.

I have been working out regularly for the last 3 months. I usually get 30 to 45 minutes of cardio every day. It wasn't until the other night that someone told me that I sweat alot that I noticed. I used to work out and sweat a little but never this much and I never used to get very sweaty while rock climbing, but now I sweat excessively. I weight 175 and I'm 6'3 and I'm in decent shape.

I cannot easily remember the names of artists, albums, or songs. I'm a more auditory learner. I think that an mp3 player or modification or a music store that provides music like this would benefit me greatly.

I don't want to download everything at once, sometimes they get overwhelmed and stop downloading. How can I make it so that when something finishes downloading, whatever is waiting next will begin downloading?

I have only gone out with this girl twice, but things have gone really well. She is going away for a week. I want to show up at the airport with flowers in hand to wish her fair well. I don't want her to forget about me. Roses seem inappropriate since we have been going out for such a short time.

Any suggestions???