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  1. hilbertastronaut

    Effects of Altitude on Smoking Certain Blends?

    Thanks for the data! I figured anyway that it was the pipe equivalent of PEBKAC (problem exists between keyboard and chair).
  2. hilbertastronaut

    Effects of Altitude on Smoking Certain Blends?

    I haven't tried the air pocket technique yet -- thanks for the tip!
  3. hilbertastronaut

    Effects of Altitude on Smoking Certain Blends?

    This is a good point about taste -- it could explain why the local food preference is saltier and spicier than our sea level experiences. I recall that commercial airliners pressurize their cabins to the equivalent of 10,000 ft. Something about being in a plane -- the low pressure, the...
  4. hilbertastronaut

    Effects of Altitude on Smoking Certain Blends?

    We certainly still have forest fires at this altitude, though I live well enough inside town not to worry about it.
  5. hilbertastronaut

    Effects of Altitude on Smoking Certain Blends?

    This is good information; thank you! I've been looking for a reason to get a Falcon. I hesitate at the Peterson System pipes, mainly for vain reasons: they look like a huge Apparatus that would dwarf my scrawny hand.
  6. hilbertastronaut

    Effects of Altitude on Smoking Certain Blends?

    Hi y'all! I've been smoking a pipe for about six and half years. Many blends perform reasonably well for me, but certain blends do not. For example, Bob's Chocolate Flake is asbestos for me, and (Mac Baren's) St. Bruno smokes uncomfortably hot and wet whether or not I dry it or rub it out...