I was recently camping at about 11,000 feet, and was talking to my wife about how water boils at a progressively lower temperature as you gain altitude. It's a simple concept, but she had never run ...

Credit: Getty Images / RyersonClark If you live in an elevation above 6,500 feet, the CDC recommends bringing your water to a rolling boil for three minutes instead of one. Anxious for your pasta ...

Like having an attitude, living at altitude often comes at a price. One of the prices we pay is a lower boiling point. Roughly, the boiling point of water drops just under 1 degree for each 550 feet ...