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How high have you ever been?
June 28, 2021 at 6:08 am
No...not on drugs. And not in an airplane or balloon.
I mean how high above sea-level with your feet still on the ground.
The highest I've ever been is in the Bavarian Alps...way back in the mid 1950's. I was in Berchtesgaden... on top of a mountain, the name of which I cannot recall right now. I know that I was able to view one of the homes Hitler used...not the Eagle's Nest (which apparently was destroyed) but the other one.
So...how about you?
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RE: How high have you ever been?
June 28, 2021 at 8:06 am
14,115 feet ASL
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RE: How high have you ever been?
June 28, 2021 at 8:39 am
Not sure, above the tree line in Colorado. Best guess is around 11k to 12k ft. That was in my youth when altitude sickness was not a concern.
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RE: How high have you ever been?
June 28, 2021 at 10:35 am
At a guess, probably 30 or 40 feet.
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RE: How high have you ever been?
June 28, 2021 at 10:41 am
Top o' the world, ma!
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RE: How high have you ever been?
June 28, 2021 at 10:47 am
This one time when I was on LSD, I scaled Olympus Mons, twice!
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RE: How high have you ever been?
June 28, 2021 at 10:50 am
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(June 28, 2021 at 8:06 am)onlinebiker Wrote: 14,115 feet ASL
Wow! I do not know what ASL means, but over 14,000 feet is pretty high. The spot in the Bavarian Alps that was at is just a little over 9,000 feet.
Where was that 14,000 + feature?
(June 28, 2021 at 8:39 am)brewer Wrote: Not sure, above the tree line in Colorado. Best guess is around 11k to 12k ft. That was in my youth when altitude sickness was not a concern.
Way ta go, Brewer. That is very high. I wonder how I would react to such a great height right now?
(June 28, 2021 at 10:35 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: At a guess, probably 30 or 40 feet.
Boru
C'mon, Boru. I live in Jersey...and I had to set my altimeter at 200 feet at take off.
Ya gotta have been higher than that.
(June 28, 2021 at 10:41 am)Angrboda Wrote: Top o' the world, ma!
You've been on Everest or K2? Or are you just kidding?
(June 28, 2021 at 10:47 am)no one Wrote: This one time when I was on LSD, I scaled Olympus Mons, twice!
YEAH! Great view of the rocks from the top. So goddam much red to deal with though.
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RE: How high have you ever been?
June 28, 2021 at 11:07 am
Quote:C'mon, Boru. I live in Jersey...and I had to set my altimeter at 200 feet at take off.
Ya gotta have been higher than that.
I stand corrected. I just looked it up and it’s 236 feet.
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RE: How high have you ever been?
June 28, 2021 at 11:23 am
ASL = above sea level.
14,115 = Pikes Peak.
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RE: How high have you ever been?
June 28, 2021 at 11:23 am
5,115ft Algonquin Peak. I really need to get back to the Adirondacks, It was a great trip.
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