@gambrel saidI know this member is from Colorado as we have spoken on the phone. The number on the phone bill showed up as Colorado. I am sure he is use to the thinner air.
I've been above timberline several places, several times in my younger years. Most memorable Mt. Evans, 14,200 ft or there abouts. I live in Colorado on the plains.
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21 Jul 21
Hit the 5000m mark in India, was the beginning of December and it was cold, was carrying a bottle of water and it froze solid while I was walking, was wearing so many layers didn’t realise how cold it actually was, tbf the lake below us was also completely frozen so shouldn’t have been that surprised. Camped above 4000m a couple of nights and woke up beside a frozen bottle of water as well, fun to look back on, not enjoyable at the time.
22 Jul 21
@fmf saidTalking to my sister last night, she said when we travelled through the Picos De Europa in northern Spain in 1972, we may have exceeded 1,400 m but I can't find a resource online that would confirm it.
So that just leaves Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in the French Alps which is 1,040 metres above sea level, although we went to a village nearby - that I think was called Le Tour - to walk on a glacier and that was 1 420 metres above sea level.
24 Jul 21
@moonbus saidYou were a very young boy at the time! 😉
Mauna Loa (which is taller than Everest, if measured from its base rather than from sea level). Because it is an active volcano, its height is constantly changing; I do not know the elevation on the day I was there (in 1968). On holiday.
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@moonbus saidWhere do you start measuring with Everest though? Saw it from a distance and it’s just a slightly taller mountain in amongst a bunch of other snow capped mountains, for sure seeing a singular tall volcano or mountain is much more ‘awe inspiring’.
Mauna Loa (which is taller than Everest, if measured from its base rather than from sea level). Because it is an active volcano, its height is constantly changing; I do not know the elevation on the day I was there (in 1968). On holiday.
24 Jul 21
@kewpie saidDang, I've been there. Forgot about that.
Jungfraujoch in the Swiss Alps, 1985. 3454 metres. One of the most expensive excursions during a long European holiday.
24 Jul 21
@the-gravedigger saidThe Großglockner, which you mentioned earlier, is still higher (3798 m above the Adria {in the Alps you need to know which sea is the refernce, in Germany it is the level in Amsterdam, in austria it is Triest,. the differnce is about 25 cm...and can be a problem if you built a bridge between Germany to Austria})
Dang, I've been there. Forgot about that.
24 Jul 21
@very-rusty saidI was about 13 at the time. Actually I found Kilauea more impressive, as it was forecast to erupt within days of our arrival. We delayed our departure (returning to the mainland), hoping to see it blow. I recall walking across its hot surface, with fissures jetting sulphurous fumes all around. There were park rangers advising people to be careful, but there were no barriers then. One could walk literally right up to the rim of the fire pit and look down into the maw of the volcano. Two days after we departed, it blew up, covering the road we had driven in on under several feet of lava. One of the most awe-inspiring natural events I have ever witnessed.
You were a very young boy at the time! 😉
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