So... what's the highest you've ever been? (1 Viewer)

[Sand]

Yep. Total click bait. Not even feeling guilty.

I've seen a couple folks now some pretty awesome mountain adventures. Kutta doing Kilimanjaro, etc. I was curious what folks have climbed, are you a flatlander, etc.

Highest I've been on foot is the highest parking lot on Cotopaxi, so ~15,000 feet. A few years back I rode up Mount Evans on my bike to 14,200'.

I'm bored. On vacation and lying in bed with 101 fever. Regale me with stories.

 

[arrow1]

skydiving at 17,000 feet with onboard oxygen.

 

[dkp993]

Well one time I found the meaning of life in the grass in my backyard. Later that night, after forgetting said meaning of life, staring at a mirror I saw little men working inside my eyeball controlling its movements. But at the time I was living in a beach town so the elevation was close to sea level.

 

[The Gator]

Took 100mg before watching Deadpool. That slow motion scene at the beginning felt like 5 hours.

 

[massraider]

Ketamine. Was losing grasp of reality. Did not enjoy.

 

[The General]

That I hiked up, Mount Adams in WA State: 12,281

Basically a long slog up a giant snow field for last couple miles but very cool views as you'd expect.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I used to live in a 2nd floor apartment but now that I'm older I moved into a ranch.

 

[-OZ-]

Pretty tame but slightly over 14,000’ - Pike’s Peak.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

14k plus skiing.

my super stoner friends broke out a hookah. After drinking all day. Not a good idea.

 

[nirad3]

my super stoner friends broke out a hookah. After drinking all day. Not a good idea.

One of my friends has a "volcano" type thingy that fills up a bag with super clean vapor. He claimed that one individual was supposed to take the whole bag. I got about halfway through and I started spinning. 30 minutes later I was repeating sentences while watching March Madness. 4 hours later I was finally feeling coherent. I think he was lying to me; the bag was intended to serve probably 4-5 people if not more.

We were in Big Bear, so kinda like "double high".

 

[Poke_4_Life]

Pretty tame but slightly over 14,000’ - Pike’s Peak.

Same. Been over 10k a few other times also in a vehicle (or UTV). Never been much of a hiker. I love the idea, but I'm a lowlander and when I get into the mountains at decent elevation, I start feeling like a very old man quickly due to lack of oxygen.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

my super stoner friends broke out a hookah. After drinking all day. Not a good idea.

One of my friends has a "volcano" type thingy that fills up a bag with super clean vapor. He claimed that one individual was supposed to take the whole bag. I got about halfway through and I started spinning. 30 minutes later I was repeating sentences while watching March Madness. 4 hours later I was finally feeling coherent. I think he was lying to me; the bag was intended to serve probably 4-5 people if not more.

We were in Big Bear, so kinda like "double high".

When are we doing bootleggers? We should get the respondents to join us.

 

[nirad3]

my super stoner friends broke out a hookah. After drinking all day. Not a good idea.

One of my friends has a "volcano" type thingy that fills up a bag with super clean vapor. He claimed that one individual was supposed to take the whole bag. I got about halfway through and I started spinning. 30 minutes later I was repeating sentences while watching March Madness. 4 hours later I was finally feeling coherent. I think he was lying to me; the bag was intended to serve probably 4-5 people if not more.

We were in Big Bear, so kinda like "double high".

When are we doing bootleggers? We should get the respondents to join us.

waiting for the t-shirt sizing to be assigned then we should roll over there....

july is crazy busy for me with work and personal travel but perhaps sometime in august? or is that too far off? i might be able to swing a monday, wednesday or thursday evening after work in july perhaps

 

[AAABatteries]

Contact high from @The Gator while watching Deadpool.

 

[=Smackdown=]

Pike’s Peak - 14,115’

Glossglockner, Austria - 12,461’

 

[kutta]

Get back to me in early November. 19,341 ft. is my goal.

 

[mr. furley]

highway through the Southern Rockies, broad daylight. never gripped a steering wheel so hard in my life. thought it might just disintegrate. never again.

 

[Mookie]

Went climbing volcanoes in Ecuador in 1993. Got within 1000' of the Cotopaxi summit, but g/f (now wife) got altitude sick - 18,300 feet. Also summited Tungurahua, which was 16,600 at the time but has since blown up.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

highway through the Southern Rockies, broad daylight. never gripped a steering wheel so hard in my life. thought it might just disintegrate. never again.

Flatlands are very underrated.

 

[Rustoleum]

11,742 feet - Mt. Phillips New Mexico, and a slew of slighter shorter peaks in the days before that. (Comanche Peak, Bonito Peak, Big Red, Trail Peak). All part of Philmont trip with my son.

The absence of Ohio River Valley allergens and humidity somewhat offset the 11,000 or so less feet of air.

 

[Sand]

Went climbing volcanoes in Ecuador in 1993. Got within 1000' of the Cotopaxi summit, but g/f (now wife) got altitude sick - 18,300 feet. Also summited Tungurahua, which was 16,600 at the time but has since blown up.

Another person up Cotopaxi! I lived there in 1978-80, so was pretty young. Probably good of my parents to not try and summit with an 8 year old. I remember our Jeep barely getting up there. We walked the scree sideways to a glacier to try and break off some ice (unsuccessful). It was pretty cool, though.

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Ketamine. Was losing grasp of reality. Did not enjoy.

This is also my answer.

 

[Mookie]

Went climbing volcanoes in Ecuador in 1993. Got within 1000' of the Cotopaxi summit, but g/f (now wife) got altitude sick - 18,300 feet. Also summited Tungurahua, which was 16,600 at the time but has since blown up.

Another person up Cotopaxi! I lived there in 1978-80, so was pretty young. Probably good of my parents to not try and summit with an 8 year old. I remember our Jeep barely getting up there. We walked the scree sideways to a glacier to try and break off some ice (unsuccessful). It was pretty cool, though.

That was a sketchy drive! We spent the night in the refugio, and got up (sleep was impossible) in the middle of the night to hike up to the glacier, roped and cramponed up, and then started on the glacier. We had crossed a few crevasses and the sun had come up when my g/f got piercing headaches and started throwing up. It was time to go down. Such a cool experience and I don't think they allow climbing past the refugio any more, so we've got that going for us.

 

[Klimtology]

Slide Mountain in the Catskills.

Slide Mountain, the tallest peak in all of the Catskills, inspired poet and naturalist John Burroughs to write; "Here the works of man dwindle, in the heart of the southern Catskills."

A plaque commemorating both the man and the mountain graces the face of the summit rock, in tribute to Burroughs and his vision.

 

[BobbyLayne]

skydiving at 17,000 feet with onboard oxygen.

you've never flown anywhere?

 

[BobbyLayne]

I used to live in a 2nd floor apartment but now that I'm older I moved into a ranch.

we're in the penthouse. there are 9 other units on the 7th floor but only one is at the end of the hall. pretty much the same thing as a keyed private elevator opening into your foyer, right?

when I'm feeling really nutty I go on the roof to watch the sunset. 80 feet, final answer.

Spoiler: I'm an idiot

Pike's Peak, summer 1982 - 14,115'

 

[PIK95]

Drinking Game Olympics in college, 1997?The guy that made the brownies had no idea what he was doing, and he used like a whole pound in a couple pans worth. We were all so sick after.

 

[Desert_Power]

4/20/2010

 

[TripItUp]

Lares Trek, Andes Mountains in Peru. I was 31 years old.

17Kish Feet

What do I win?

Was in the best shape of my life but felt like I was in the worst....need more oxygen

 

[Oracle]

Stationed in Japan (again).

Mount Fuji… A little over 12,000 feet. Will be doing it again the next month.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

East Coast Diesel.

 

[dkp993]

14k plus skiing.

Riding Mammoth is probably the highest for me. pretty sure all the Colorado mountains are lower, Park City too.

When I lived in Mammoth I hiked Whitney which is just over 14k iirc, so that’s the highest hiking.

 

[Terminalxylem]

High camp Denali 17,200 ft - think I could’ve made the 20K summit, but had to descend with my buddy, who had frostbite.

Also have hiked a handful of 13-14K peaks, skied over 13K, and free climbed (NOT soloed) 2000+ foot rock faces.

 

[Terminalxylem]

14k plus skiing.

Riding Mammoth is probably the highest for me. pretty sure all the Colorado mountains are lower, Park City too.

When I lived in Mammoth I hiked Whitney which is just over 14k iirc, so that’s the highest hiking.

Yeah, there’s no resort skiing in the US much over 13,000 ft.

 

[ChiefD]

Everest. Couple of weeks ago.


edit: oops...wrong thread. my bad.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

14k plus skiing.

Riding Mammoth is probably the highest for me. pretty sure all the Colorado mountains are lower, Park City too.

When I lived in Mammoth I hiked Whitney which is just over 14k iirc, so that’s the highest hiking.

Quite a few in CO are as high or higher

 

[dkp993]

14k plus skiing.

Riding Mammoth is probably the highest for me. pretty sure all the Colorado mountains are lower, Park City too.

When I lived in Mammoth I hiked Whitney which is just over 14k iirc, so that’s the highest hiking.

Quite a few in CO are as high or higher

Oh, cool. I was too lazy to look it up. So whatever is the highest there is likely the highest I’ve ever ridden as I rode most every one of those mountains.

 

[Zow]

Took 100mg before watching Deadpool. That slow motion scene at the beginning felt like 5 hours.

Yeah... I came in here looking to post something similar involving a super-powered edible on the golf course but then I realized we're talking actual heights.

 

[Zow]

14k plus skiing.

Riding Mammoth is probably the highest for me. pretty sure all the Colorado mountains are lower, Park City too.

When I lived in Mammoth I hiked Whitney which is just over 14k iirc, so that’s the highest hiking.

I think hiking Whitney is the same answer for me, too.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

14k plus skiing.

Riding Mammoth is probably the highest for me. pretty sure all the Colorado mountains are lower, Park City too.

When I lived in Mammoth I hiked Whitney which is just over 14k iirc, so that’s the highest hiking.

Quite a few in CO are as high or higher

Oh, cool. I was too lazy to look it up. So whatever is the highest there is likely the highest I’ve ever ridden as I rode most every one of those mountains.

Highest ski lift is Silverton at 13,487. Only two lifts (one at Silverton, one at Telluride) over 13k.

I'm sure you can get higher by hiking up from the top of some of the lifts though.

 

[massraider]

14k plus skiing.

Riding Mammoth is probably the highest for me. pretty sure all the Colorado mountains are lower, Park City too.

When I lived in Mammoth I hiked Whitney which is just over 14k iirc, so that’s the highest hiking.

Quite a few in CO are as high or higher

Oh, cool. I was too lazy to look it up. So whatever is the highest there is likely the highest I’ve ever ridden as I rode most every one of those mountains.

Breck.

Freakin nosebleed central. Breck is really nice, but just too high

 

[Terminalxylem]

14k plus skiing.

Riding Mammoth is probably the highest for me. pretty sure all the Colorado mountains are lower, Park City too.

When I lived in Mammoth I hiked Whitney which is just over 14k iirc, so that’s the highest hiking.

Quite a few in CO are as high or higher

Oh, cool. I was too lazy to look it up. So whatever is the highest there is likely the highest I’ve ever ridden as I rode most every one of those mountains.

Highest ski lift is Silverton at 13,487. Only two lifts (one at Silverton, one at Telluride) over 13k.

I'm sure you can get higher by hiking up from the top of some of the lifts though.

You can, but there aren’t any in-bounds fourteeners, at least in this country, tmk.

 

[Wingnut]

IDK, 35k-40k feet, however high planes go.

 

[Osaurus]

14k plus skiing.

Riding Mammoth is probably the highest for me. pretty sure all the Colorado mountains are lower, Park City too.

When I lived in Mammoth I hiked Whitney which is just over 14k iirc, so that’s the highest hiking.

Quite a few in CO are as high or higher

Oh, cool. I was too lazy to look it up. So whatever is the highest there is likely the highest I’ve ever ridden as I rode most every one of those mountains.

Breck.

Freakin nosebleed central. Breck is really nice, but just too high

Hiking the bowls is rough

 

[FreeBaGeL]

14k plus skiing.

Riding Mammoth is probably the highest for me. pretty sure all the Colorado mountains are lower, Park City too.

When I lived in Mammoth I hiked Whitney which is just over 14k iirc, so that’s the highest hiking.

Quite a few in CO are as high or higher

Oh, cool. I was too lazy to look it up. So whatever is the highest there is likely the highest I’ve ever ridden as I rode most every one of those mountains.

Breck.

Freakin nosebleed central. Breck is really nice, but just too high

First place I ever skied was Breck. Had lived my whole life in Florida at that point.

We knew nothing about altitude and did everything exactly opposite of what you're supposed to do. We flew into Denver and drove up to Breck the first day, drank way too much the first night, got too little sleep, didn't drink enough water, and then exerted ourself the next day (1st day ever skiing so lots of falling and getting up etc).

My wife and sister and law both got altitude sickness (really bad headaches and nausea) and we had to retreat back to Denver on day 3 at which point they got instantly better. I've spent a lot more of my life at altitude now since I moved out west but that was a very rude awakening to my younger self to take it seriously.

 

[cheeseypoof]

Haleakalā on Maui. Little over 10,000 feet. I drove up as my then brother-in-law road his bike up the mountain. I almost hit a cow on the way down. LOL​

 

[Ilov80s]

Ketamine. Was losing grasp of reality. Did not enjoy.

Schrooms, first and only time, took way too much and was not at all with the right crowd. Hated it but it was an experience I am glad I had, totally changed my POV. But yeah, I was in another dimension.

 

[dkp993]

Haleakalā on Maui. Little over 10,000 feet. I drove up as my then brother-in-law road his bike up the mountain. I almost hit a cow on the way down. LOL​

Sunrise there is unreal.

 

[Drunken knight]

lived in breckenridge for 10 years... so skied breck, a-basin, keystone, vail, beaver creek. been to telluride, steamboat, winter park, aspen, PC/dv

 

[cheeseypoof]

Haleakalā on Maui. Little over 10,000 feet. I drove up as my then brother-in-law road his bike up the mountain. I almost hit a cow on the way down. LOL​

Sunrise there is unreal.

I can only imagine!