Whats the highest you've ever been?

[TheDoctor]

On skis - about 3000m, at the top of the Hintertux glacier in Austria.
On a bike - 1900m on a certain hill in Provence

 

[BigonaBianchi]

The dull answer is on some airplane over the pacific or something...the real answer is stepping off the stage at the Marquee club after one of those rare gigs that went 100% perfect!

 

[dudi]

The highest i've ever been... hmm...

Well there was this one weekend while I was at Uni, a friend of mine went home to London and came back with a big bag....
oh, err... altitude... i see.....

ummmmmm.

no idea. not very...

 

[ComedyPilot]

2400m on skis. 2600m on a motorbike over the Heiligenblutpass in Austria, and 1500m (from 800m) on a bike - Oberjoch Pass Bavaria.

 

[vernon]

I stood on a chair once ... it was terrifying!

I get dizzy on a thick carpet.

 

[theloafer]

in 2002 on a ctc tour of venezuela the paso del aguila(pass of the eagle)was 4007m...then did the track to the mast which took us to 4102m...very little air but all got up and over with no side effects

 

[Rhythm Thief]

There is no 'swinging around on ropes' on any of the normal routes, if by that you mean roped rock or ice climbing. Crampons and an axe are essential and even on the easiest way up, the Dome de Gouter, there are places where it would be sensible to rope up i.e. walk as a string of two or three.

MB is like a lot of mountains, relatively straightforward in good conditions if you have the right equipment - but becoming life threatening in minutes if the weather changes or someone gets injured.

Have a read of Fergus Fleming's "Killing Dragons" to see how formidable Mont Blanc was considered in the early days of Alpine exploration. It's a fascinating read.

 

[Brains]

Mont Blanc is a popular place - I'm another one.

So my highest places (excluding planes) are:
Alps - Mt Blanc - 4,810m (16,000 ft in old money)
Andies - Chacaltaya - 5,421m
Himalaya - Gorem - about 5,000m

 

[slowmotion]

3230 metres above Val Thorens. Pitifully low when it comes to height above MSL.

In 1973, in Kabul, I went a bit higher, but my body was disengaged from physical restraints, and I do not remember the details of the ascent. I think I may have reached the Stratosphere. Alas, no record remains.

 

[Headgardener]

Some glacial ski resort in Austria, sorry don't know which one or it's height.

 

[Milo]

Pen y fan in wales. Nevis on the list in the summer.

 

[BrumJim]

Ben Nevis - dullest climb that I have ever walked. And very low chance of seeing anything from the top.

Glad I managed to bag it, though. From almost sea level to the highest spot in the UK.

 

[postman]

6' -4".Might be shrinking now .

 

[Kirstie]

A few wraps, some pills, a trip and some bong hits all in one weekend. Didn't recover till the following Wednedsday.
<wags finger>
There's a place for drugs and that's COLLEGE

I'm scared of heights.

 

[Browser]

39,000 feet in a 747 on the way to Australia.
What? You have to be standing on the ground?!?!?!?!?!
Oh all right then, something like 2500 feet up a hill near Torridon Youth Hostel in The Land Of Scot when I was about sixteen. Thought I'd be OK as I'd done long walks with the scouts in the Yorkshire Dales & Peak District, not realising the start point for most of them was about 500+feet above sea level already, whereas the scottish chaps were started at sea level! Needless to say I haven't done anything like this since