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re: What is the highest you have been not counting flying?
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:56 pm to Newc
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:56 pm to Newc
Antamina mine in Peru for work. 15000 plus, felt like I was hungover the whole time. Couldn't sleep, panted constantly. Worst 4 days. At 10k I was fine, walked around cisco no issues.
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Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:57 pm to LSU Neil
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I bet you thought coming down would be a piece of cake like I did, only to find out your knees and legs are jello at the bottom
For me it was the rapid pressure change on my stomach that hurt the most.
Stomach bloated at the peak and was compressed the entire way down. Im sure the hikers behind me weren’t too happy
This post was edited on 11/10/25 at 7:34 am
Posted on 11/9/25 at 10:05 pm to travelgamer
Haleakala on Maui. 10,000 feet. Sunrise and sunset are amazing there
Posted on 11/9/25 at 10:18 pm to travelgamer
Kilimanjaro, 19,000 something feet
Second was rainbow mountain in Peru around 15,000 feet. I actually felt worse than kili because I did absolutely zero acclimatizing before that one
Second was rainbow mountain in Peru around 15,000 feet. I actually felt worse than kili because I did absolutely zero acclimatizing before that one
Posted on 11/10/25 at 3:54 am to Volvagia
Mauna Kea 13,803
Posted on 11/10/25 at 4:18 am to lsujag
Mount Elbert and mount massive
Posted on 11/10/25 at 4:32 am to travelgamer
Probably Pikes Peak also
Took the train up and barfed all over the place on the ride down
Took the train up and barfed all over the place on the ride down
Posted on 11/10/25 at 4:59 am to travelgamer
Not sure of the height but up some mountain in Colorado. I had to buy some oxygen spray crap to breathe. I prefer my flat Louisiana back yard and mosquitoes.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 5:19 am to 03GeeTee
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20,549’ on the summit of Chimborazo in Ecuador.
Interesting fact about Chimbo, the summit is the farthest point from the center of the earth, beating out Everest due to the equatorial bulge.
Interesting to see the number of Kilimanjaro summits listed. It is the only remaining tick on my 7 summits list. When I summited Vincent (#6 for me) at 43yo I decided I would do Kilimanjaro on my 70th birthday. Not sure why but at the time standing on Vincent it seemed like a good idea. I still have a little less than 12 years to wait. I hope I am able to do it.
Also interesting to see the Hawaiian volcanoes so well represented. I hope no one brought back any rocks...
Posted on 11/10/25 at 5:21 am to travelgamer
I ate more gummies after the first few didn't kick in
Then went to pikes peak
Then went to pikes peak
This post was edited on 11/10/25 at 5:23 am
Posted on 11/10/25 at 5:34 am to travelgamer
Some mountain pass in Yosemite, about 9,000 ft. I have a pic of me in July with snow on the ground.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:38 am to KingOfTheWorld
Hiking was Sperry Chalet West Glacier Montana 6,500'
I did fly to get to 18,500' but when we got to this altitude 8 of us jumped from the plane, so i have been at 18,500' in the open air with nothing around me but 7 other emotionally stable persons freefalling to earth.
I did fly to get to 18,500' but when we got to this altitude 8 of us jumped from the plane, so i have been at 18,500' in the open air with nothing around me but 7 other emotionally stable persons freefalling to earth.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:41 am to travelgamer
Probably Mt Evans = ~14,200 at the parking area and climbed on up to the peak.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:52 am to travelgamer
My Massive in September, 14,427
ETA: Mt Holy Cross was my favorite
ETA: Mt Holy Cross was my favorite
This post was edited on 11/10/25 at 7:00 am
Posted on 11/10/25 at 6:58 am to LSU Fallguy
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I did fly to get to 18,500' but when we got to this altitude 8 of us jumped from the plane, so i have been at 18,500' in the open air with nothing around me but 7 other emotionally stable persons freefalling to earth.
I've never done a supplemental oxygen jump, that had to be pretty cool! Did you just breathe Os in the plane or did you have to keep it on during the jump?
Posted on 11/10/25 at 7:12 am to travelgamer
Quandary Peak Colorado . A little over 14000 feet. Trailhead starts around 9000. Did Ok, but one of my grown sons with me had some altitude issues. It was a long, slow walk down.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 7:39 am to jdd48
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Winter Park , Colorado And an awesome little mountain town as well.
First place to open this season. Quickly becoming my favorite mountain town. Great location.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 9:54 am to Obtuse1
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I've never done a supplemental oxygen jump, that had to be pretty cool! Did you just breathe Os in the plane or did you have to keep it on during the jump?
It was first load of the day (early-7am) and we were jumping from Cessna C208 Caravan, they promised extra altitude, we used a can of O2 on the way up then just jumped, about 90 seconds of freefall.
Posted on 11/10/25 at 9:56 am to travelgamer
Smoking Thai sticks
Posted on 11/10/25 at 9:58 am to travelgamer
Crestone Needle, 14,196'
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