No, you didn't seem flippant. Hey, how about a report from your trip to Bolivia? What altitude was the snow line?
My wife and I were hiking in the Ecuadorian highlands in November, but only up to about 12,500 feet. Snow on the volcanoes began at about 14,000. When we deplaned at the old, downtown Quito airport, some of our fellow passengers were really feeling the altitude, even at 9,200. The new Quito airport is at 7,500, which makes life a little more bearable (longer runway too...).
