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Old 14 September 2011, 06:20 AM   #1
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What's the highest altitude you've been to?

We know we have deep divers, come on you explorers, how high have you been?

I've been 15,600 feet on the road from Ollantaytambo to Cusco Peru through the Andes:

Bookmark this, and return with your pix!
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Old 14 September 2011, 06:21 AM   #2
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Mt. Whitney at 14,505 ft.
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Old 14 September 2011, 06:36 AM   #3
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On a train to Riobamba Ecuador at 13,000 feet!
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Old 14 September 2011, 07:28 AM   #4
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La Paz Bolivia

no pics but been to La Paz Bolivia at 13,325 ft. Flew into there many times over the years 80-85. Got tiresome real quick trying to offload cargo at that altitude. Always needed to take a rest and breath some O2 from a portable bottle. :)

Very cool pics by the way!

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Old 14 September 2011, 07:32 AM   #5
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no pics but been to La Paz Bolivia at 13,325 ft. Flew into there many times over the years 80-85. Got tiresome real quick trying to offload cargo at that altitude. Always needed to take a rest and breath some O2 from a portable bottle. :)

Very cool pics by the way!

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Had to drink Coca Tea in cusco to 'acclimate'!
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Old 14 September 2011, 07:35 AM   #6
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I did a few high altitude (civilian/recreation) jumps at 20k feet... does that count?
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Old 14 September 2011, 07:50 AM   #7
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I'm not quite certain, as I've never given it much thought, but I'm pretty sure it's Sandia Peak, which is right at 10,000 ft.

I'll have to drive up there to get a picture sometime soon.

This is it as seen from about 5600'.





This is what it looked like during the fires in Arizona and eastern New Mexico earlier this year.

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Old 14 September 2011, 09:54 AM   #8
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As far as altitude is concerned, mid 40k on a corporate jet. However, I think you may be asking for elevation which for me was homestake peak in colorado at 13,200 ft. (a little over 4000 meters).
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Old 14 September 2011, 09:58 AM   #9
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Old 14 September 2011, 12:15 PM   #10
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60K ft over the Atlantic at Mach 2.5. Flew the Concorde back in '89. It was so quiet in the cockpit that you had to talk in a whisper to avoid sounding like you were shouting.
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Old 14 September 2011, 12:43 PM   #11
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Highest unpressurized is this... Ok, so they aren't rolex....


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Old 14 September 2011, 05:31 PM   #12
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Old 14 September 2011, 11:29 PM   #13
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Old 14 September 2011, 11:29 PM   #14
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But seriously folks, 10,023 ft. on 2 wheels climbing Mt. Haleakala in Maui.
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Old 15 September 2011, 02:34 AM   #15
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I did a paratroop airdrop at 14,000 feet

I did not jump, I was a crewmember on the Air Force plane when we airdropped Special Forces (High Altitude Low Opening -HALO) at 14,000 ft. We had to pre breath oxygen before the flight.

I also went through multiple simulated rapid decompressions at 35,000 feet in an altitude chamber. Had to do that every two years over a span of 20 years flying. Had to pre-breath for an hour before those chamber rides, that always sucked.

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Old 15 September 2011, 03:00 AM   #16
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I have been at 15479 feet, lake Nam-tso near Lhasa in Tibet. Pic of the web.



Edit: OP beat me with 121 feet, I should have climbed the rock to the right
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Old 15 September 2011, 03:01 AM   #17
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I personally think this thread is about the highest altitude one has reached with at least one foot on the ground.

Dan, that's a remarkable feat!

Congratulations.
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Old 15 September 2011, 03:02 AM   #18
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12894 ft = 3930 m above sea level

At the "Ajusco" which is a lava dome extinct volcano in Mexico City with an altitude of 12894 ft = 3930 m above sea level.

From there you can see the valley of Mexico with two of the most important volcanoes (Popocatepetl and Iztaccihuatl) of Mexico in the background (inside the red square on the pic you'll see them).
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Old 15 September 2011, 04:42 AM   #20
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Old 15 September 2011, 04:59 AM   #21
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About 14,000ft in the "Tren de las Nubes" (Train to the Clouds) in Salta, Argentina. I was with my old man ... he actually went for a walk and passed out ... did a nice face plant on the rock floor, tough ... No piccies, sorry. Guess it didn't happen :)

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Old 15 September 2011, 05:28 AM   #22
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Living in Colorado, I have been over 14,000 feet several times on foot and over 13,000 a couple of times n the bike.
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Old 15 September 2011, 05:34 AM   #23
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Old 15 September 2011, 05:58 AM   #24
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I've ridden a motorcycle over mountain passes up to about 12-13,000 feet. The highest I've climbed was Whitetail Peak in Montana, elevation 12,551 feet. The toughest part of the climb was crossing the saddle above the Whitetail Couloir, which is just to the left of the summit pyramid in the photo. The saddle was just a few feet wide with multi-thousand foot drops on either side. Though I normally don't fear falling off a sidewalk, I crawled on my hands and knees across the saddle.

Not my photo, but here is Whitetail Peak:





Here I am at the top of Sundance Pass on the approach:


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Old 15 September 2011, 06:21 AM   #25
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Great thread, great pics!

For all I'm a bit of a mountain man Scottish hills are tiny so I won't embarrass myself!
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Just shy of 13000 ft skiing at Breckenridge.

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Highest town ever been to was Leh in Ladakh at 11,562 ft.

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As part of my AF training I am required to visit the altitude chamber every few years for physiological training (learn your bodies personal reactions to hypoxia) Can't remember the exact altitude but its up in the 30,000 foot range we removed our oxygen masks... I lasted about a minute before my body went tingly and numb and had to throw it back on

Its pretty hilarious, they hand you childrens toys like the wooden slots with circle, triangle and square shapes that you have to fit the blocks into, and its a hoot to watch your buddies fail miserably at simple tasks like that. You also are handed a colored chart and as soon as you remove your mask the chart goes from vivid color to black and white as your eyes require lots of oxygen to process color...

We also had clipboards with simple questions like what is your name, birthday things like that... and you had to answer while off oxygen at high altitude. After the ride is over you look at your paper and its just a bunch of chicken scratch scribbles lmao
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As part of my AF training I am required to visit the altitude chamber every few years for physiological training (learn your bodies personal reactions to hypoxia) Can't remember the exact altitude but its up in the 30,000 foot range we removed our oxygen masks... I lasted about a minute before my body went tingly and numb and had to throw it back on

Its pretty hilarious, they hand you childrens toys like the wooden slots with circle, triangle and square shapes that you have to fit the blocks into, and its a hoot to watch your buddies fail miserably at simple tasks like that. You also are handed a colored chart and as soon as you remove your mask the chart goes from vivid color to black and white as your eyes require lots of oxygen to process color...

We also had clipboards with simple questions like what is your name, birthday things like that... and you had to answer while off oxygen at high altitude. After the ride is over you look at your paper and its just a bunch of chicken scratch scribbles lmao
I remember back in the day.... We Navy Pilots did the yearly chamber as well. Funny, you swore you were in complete control and not affected by the lack of O2, but then you saw the Hemingway novel you wrote was actually gibberish.

Oh, and flight level four five zero.
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Living in Colorado, I have been over 14,000 feet several times on foot and over 13,000 a couple of times n the bike.
Two Jason's from Denver? Someone's gonna have to go..

I live at 5,280 ft. and I don't go to the mountains often, but I've been close to 14,000 ft. a handful of times.
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