text: ok...here goes...I'm going to rival all these answers and I would like someone to give me their opinion as this is opinion.\n\nAt high altitude the body knows there is lower o2 levels. So, kidney function increases..causing more frequent urination. This in itself although maybe initially one would become immebriated would rid the body of alcohol faster.\nAlso the body is instructed to increase rbc production to facilitate more oxygen distribution to cells and organs. This would also reason that alcohol although more readily absorbed would be excreted out of the body faster.\nIt is also known that it takes approximately 2 weeks to acclimate to a different climate. So, while it might make sense that intoxication would occur more rapidly initially, one would summise that after acclimation it would be no different