Affect of altitude on mental health

<p>“And Renshaw also learned that the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, which sits 7,000 feet above sea level, struggled to hold on to out-of-state professors, who often left after a few months because they felt off, physically and mentally. Out-of-state students from low-altitude areas also fared worse academically than their in-state counterparts.”</p>

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Well I go to school at about 9,000 ft, and I have a friend who came up from San Francisco. He said that the first three months were physically and mentally a exhausting, but after some training he began to operate normally. It would take some time, but AFA is worth it.