Highest place you've been on

lotus7 · 27 Feb 2013 at 13:40

Dead Womans Pass, (13,829 ft or 4,215 m) on the Inca Trail

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oulton · 27 Feb 2013 at 13:41

mranderson said:
I would think anything above 5000m requires some serious training/preparation?

Yep. We did Cotapaxi at the end of an 8 week stint in the Andes so we were well acclimatised to the thin air.

Theophany · 27 Feb 2013 at 13:43

I met Ghandi.

Yeah. Real ****in' high.

mranderson · 27 Feb 2013 at 13:44

Only 2300m on a holiday in Greece
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drakolimni

kiteloopy · 27 Feb 2013 at 13:46

burj khalifa

jsmoke · 27 Feb 2013 at 13:51

Just over 1000m.

Tunney · 27 Feb 2013 at 13:52

Mauna Kea in Hawaii. 13,803 ft (4,207m) above sea level, 33,500 ft from the base to the tip! Definitely felt the change in altitude. It was likely being quite drunk and woozy.

Being America, we were able get a ride to the top though.

JoeF1 · 27 Feb 2013 at 13:56

Did Helvellyn when i was in school at 950 metres (3,117 ft).

robgmun · 27 Feb 2013 at 14:08

pingwing said:
Scafell Pike for a mates stag do, great trip up and down.

Same here, done it when i was 14. Can't clam to have climbed Ben Nevis as i went up there on the tram.

PapaLazaru · 27 Feb 2013 at 14:16

Fred said:
Does skiing count? about 3.5km is so

Can beat that. Gobba di Rollin ski lift in Cervinia. 3899m. :cool:

fire_munki · 27 Feb 2013 at 14:16

Few Munro's in winter and summer (if you can say Scotland gets summer!), a few peaks in Andora. Nothing over 2600m though (yet that is).

MachM · 27 Feb 2013 at 14:19

3,883m at the Klein Matterhorn in Switzerland. Apparently the highest cable car in Europe.

tres · 27 Feb 2013 at 14:21

12,000ft in the Altai Mountains in Siberia

in our 1.1 litre Citroen Saxo

in 1st gear pretty much all of the way

PapaLazaru · 27 Feb 2013 at 14:22

MachM said:
3,883m at the Klein Matterhorn in Switzerland. Apparently the highest cable car in Europe.

PapaLazaru said:
Can beat that. Gobba di Rollin ski lift in Cervinia. 3899m.

kkelly · 27 Feb 2013 at 14:27

Salcantay pass in Peru, 4600m seen 2/3 avalanches that day was impressive

Rroff · 27 Feb 2013 at 14:34

Not really sure - my parents in their younger days were enthusiastic mountaineers - I was up the top of ben nevis like 6 months after learning to walk. Done a few 4000m peaks (and higher) but it was all when I was pretty young and don't really remember much specifically.

mranderson said:
I would think anything above 5000m requires some serious training/preparation?

It will depend hugely mountain to mountain, nature of the ascent, surrounding geography and the effect it has on weather, etc.

NeverWinter · 27 Feb 2013 at 14:35

Probably around 6000ft; Mt Olympus, Cyprus.

Lycosa · 27 Feb 2013 at 14:36

Mont Buet, 3096m

DN3000 · 27 Feb 2013 at 14:47

Ive been to the Dolomite mountains in Italy...beautiful place

The cable car ride to the top scared the **** out of the missus lol

SickAsAParrot · 27 Feb 2013 at 14:59

Cosimo said:
As far as mountains go then the top of Aiguille du Midi (3842m) with it's wonderful view of Mont Blanc and the Alps.

Ditto, I was scared ****less at the top though. I was fine with the ride up but once I had to get out at the top the terror struck. I don't like heights much.

Snowdon's the highest thing I've gone up under my own steam.