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beyond_gravity
Aug 31, 2002, 7:04 PM
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Mine is Mount Temple at 3543 m.
How high have you been? Has anyone here climbed at altitude??
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k9rocko
Aug 31, 2002, 7:43 PM
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Good thread. No 8,000 M peaks under my belt (and no plans to do them)
BG.... 3,543 Meters that is only 11,624 Feet MSL. Does that qualify as altitute?
I don't consider myself a high-altitude climber, but my high points are Grand Teton (13,700 = 4175 M) and Mt. Moran (12,600 ft = 3840 M). I don't think anyone can give me credit for 'high altitude' on either of these two climbs.
I do, however, have to give it to someone who can climb 5.10 at that altitude. Just getting there (12,000 ft) with a heavy pack pretty much took it out of me.
Any of the 8,000 M club on board??
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climbsomething
Aug 31, 2002, 9:00 PM
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I live in the desert, I think we're at 2,500 ft or so. So it's ALL altitude to me The highest I've hiked is Mt. Wrightson (it's in AZ), I think that's ~10,000 ft. Don't really know the altitude of any climbing I've done though...
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Toulumne Meadows, around 10,500 feet at the top of the climb.
I'm by not means saying this is high, or I'm proud of it, but it did make a difference in comparison to 3000 feet.
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oops, double post.
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keema
Sep 2, 2002, 4:45 PM
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Mount Shasta, 14,162 ft. I liked Mount Dana (13,053 ft.) via the Dana Coulior a lot more.
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beyond_gravity
Sep 2, 2002, 4:57 PM
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I didnt mean 11,624 was high altitude...my pathetic Canadian peak
I'd really like to climb an easy 8000m peak...maybe Cho Oyu or somthing.
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k9rocko
Sep 2, 2002, 5:29 PM
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Quote:I'd really like to climb an easy 8000m peak...maybe Cho Oyu or somthing.
Bg... you are a hardman! I couldn't think of any 8K (meters) to be easy. Seriously... Go for it!! Altitude bugs me a little. If I want to go that high, I get in a plane!
I am going to try Kings Peak (Utah) this year (or next year). It is only 13K, but It is so close...... and I don't get out nearly enough
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climberchic
Sep 2, 2002, 5:34 PM
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Mt. Humphrey's (12,914 ft.) in AZ. Climbsomething~ if you ever want to do this peak, let me know. I'd love to do it again to get my knees (and quads) back in shape.
Missed out on doing MT. Sneffles (14,000+) on Co. with woodse and ivanm over July 4th but I will next time...
~Erica
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interruptor
Sep 2, 2002, 5:52 PM
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Aneto, the highest peak in the Pirinees, 3404 m.
hmmm... too small! Gotta go for 4000... (this Easter...)
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evanmfreeman
Sep 3, 2002, 2:59 PM
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shit, i went to over 5400m in the himalaya, and i was _walking_ with my SO. the altitudes there are ridiculous: you can get to over 6000m without doing anything technical.
we did spend 2 consecutive nights above 5000m--that was really interesting and wonderful.
evan
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brianthew
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Well, you can get pretty high without too much technical climbing. Up to 8850 meters (29,035 feet) on this obscure peak by the Nepal/China border. Not to say its an easy snow slog, most anybody in the 8000 meter club has my respect.
Personally my high point is 12,441. Not very high, but hey...I had fun getting there.
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pbjosh
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My high points are Huayna Potosi at 20,050 (~6100m) and Mururata at 19,330 (~5875m). I've also been pretty high in Mexico and Peru and other times in Bolivia without summiting. Spent a week camping at 5700m in Bolivia, there's some acclimitization! Didn't climb anything though as it was always somebody's turn to be sick
josh
PS - Yes you can get to the top of everest without "technical climbing" if you rely on fixed ropes. This does not mean it's not a technical climb. Additionally, I've experienced "non-technical" climbing at 20k feet and can tell you that it's still really really f*cking hard!
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vertical_reality
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Highest so far is Humphrey's Peak (12,914 ft.) in AZ but I want to get into some serious mountaineering in a few years. Definetly want to do a 8000 meter, with no oxygen.
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tradguy
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I've been to 22,841 ft. Summit of Aconcagua. Also been to the summit of Denali (20,320 ft), Kilimanjaro (19,563 ft), Mt. Logan east summit (~19,500 ft), Orizaba (~18,900 ft), and Ixta (17,343 ft).
Altitude is a funny thing - does weird stuff to your body, and can be somewhat unpredictable. I recommend doing an easy walk-up sort of route the first time you go to high altitude (ie 15,000+ ft), because it would really suck to get up there on a tough technical route only to find out that your body doesn't handle altitude well, and you have to figure out a way to get down safely.
It is fun, though, in a sick sort of way.
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wyoclimber
Sep 4, 2002, 3:59 PM
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The highest i have done any 5th class climbing is 11,883 in the wind rivers. I have driven my car higher than that! But fear not, i am planning my next challenge as we speak!
-wyo
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jtcronk
Sep 5, 2002, 6:49 AM
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Mine was at the foot of the Orient Express on the West Rib of Denali, about 17,700....
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atg200
Sep 6, 2002, 1:14 PM
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Cotopaxi - 5900 meters or so.
Pico de Orizaba - 5500 meters or so.
Ixtaccihuatl - 17,200 feet or so.
Going to Aconcagua and maybe Mercedario in January, so hopefully this will improve.
It cracks me up when people talk about jumping on an 8000 meter monster when they've only hiked up a trail on a talus pile. Keep dreaming guys, but take baby steps so you don't end up dead.
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madscientist
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The highest peak I have "climbed" is Mount Elbert, 14,443 feet. It is a good hike. I have also done the Diamond, the east face of Longs Peak. Long's is a fourteen thousand foot peak, and the Diamond starts at around 13,100 feet. While the climbing was technically easy for me, I was really surprised the effect the altitude had. I think I climbed at half the speed I normally do, and I was winded. I really learned that climbing at altitude can be considerably more difficult. I could not imagine what a long sustained pitch would be like.
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psych
Sep 6, 2002, 3:08 PM
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Well see, I've got this here tall ladder and one day last winter I was setting up christmas lights on the house trim, it was pretty high!
My highpoints, I wish I knew what they were, but it's all obscure mountains...likely mid 3000's or so...nothing big.
Mike...
-- YET!
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beyond_gravity
Sep 6, 2002, 3:09 PM
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Whoa, I didnt mean just jumping on an 8000m peak...my "plan" is to do Rainer, then maybe trek Island Peak, Denali, Ama Dablam, then an 8000m...but by that time I might want to do somthing more technical then Cho Oyu.
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mikedano
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Kiener's route up Long's Peak (14,000 ft.) Bits of 5.4 and 5.5 around lots of 4th class. Fun.
And next week I'll be doing the Prow up Kit Carson (also 14.)!
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alpineice
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For me it's only the Grand Teton (13,770) and also King's Peak (13,528) and many peaks in the 10,000 range. Was supposed to be climbing Rainier (14,410?) this month, but it fell through. After Rainier, I would like to head up to Alaska to do a few peaks up there, Denali (20,320) included.
I would love to eventually climb in the Himalayas and I admire those who do. I am very hopeful that I will get a chance to find out how it feels to be above 20,000 feet. I'm sure it would be very, very challenging.
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hugepedro
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No 8,000 meters here. A dozen 14ers in Colorado, the hardest only being 4th class. Cascade snow/glacier climbs in the 7,000-10,000 foot range (I've been trying to climb the big ones the last few years but every time I go I get shot down by weather, I guess that's what I get for living in Texas and having my climbing windows constrained by vacation and travel limitations - waaa). Water ice in Colorado at around 10,000 feet. Highest 5th class rock climb would be somewhere in the Cascades, probably under 6,000 feet (don't know exact altitude of the stuff I've climbed there off the top of my head), or maybe Devil's Tower? Not sure.
Warning - pet peave to follow. Just to comment on earlier post refering to Everest as a non-technical climb. There are other forms of technical climbing, besides 5th class rock, within the multiple disciplines of climbing. High-altitude mountaineering involving snow and glaciers is technical. You think creating anchors and analyzing whether your climbing system is safe takes specialized knowledge? Try analyzing snow packs for avalanche risk and making consistently good judgements about stability. Try building an anchor in snow. Try climbing a glacier and performing a crevasse rescue. Try climbing through an ice fall (one of the biggest and baddest being Khumbu on Everest). It took me longer to get to the point where I felt proficient on a glacier than it did to get to the point where I felt proficient as a trad leader, so it kinda bugs me when mountaineering is characterized as glorified hiking.
I'll step off of my silly little soapbox now.
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dustinap.
Tuolumne Meadows is not 11,000'. it's 8,000'.
my high point is 4500 meters ~.
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