How high have you gotten?

[dbnm]

today I rode my bike up to 10,678 feet above sea level.

Total ride was 59 miles and 6075 feet of climbing.

How high have you gotten?

[fa63]

Mt. Haleakalā - 10,023 ft

[ducati2]

today I rode my bike up to 10,678 feet above sea level.

Total ride was 59 miles and 6075 feet of climbing.

How high have you gotten?

Was this Sandia Crest in New Mexico?

[gdw]

14200+ Mt Evans.

[dbnm]

Yes it was.


Was this Sandia Crest in New Mexico?

[Jaybee]

14200+ Mt Evans.

This is going to be hard to beat on a road bike, for a mostly US crowd.

[Hellgate]

Trail Ridge Road, Colorado. 12,183.

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[gasman]

Mt. Haleakalā - 10,023 ft

Same on a bike.

20,549 Mtn climbing


1973 college sophomore , so drunk I couldn't find my girlfriends' car she had loaned me. Good thing. My buddies and I walked home. Last time I got drunk.

[sailorboy]

Probably the time I visited friends at Crested Butte (8909 in town) and then we rode mtn bikes up from there. Not sure how high we got, no signs on the trails. I do know I spent about 15 mins at one point heaving on the side of the road on account I drove up from Kansas that same day and then tried to follow two pro MTBers up one of their favorite local trails. The exuberance of youth!

[Mike Lopez]

Summit of White Mountain near Bishop CA. 1990 or so.

On a trip with some Specialized folks, Jan Johnson rode an original Merz mtb and I was on a prototype carbon Stumpjumper.

That wasn't enough for her so she stood on top of the blockhouse and held the bike over her head. She's tall so the bike was probably up at 14,265 or so.

I'll try to find the picture...It was classic!

[phoenix]

Oh wait, nevermind....

Haleakala

[teleguy57]

Looking at Loveland Pass this summer for an extra 684 feet (which is almost exactly my everyday elevation here in flatland WI).

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[tiretrax]

On a bike, 12k+ on multiple CO passes. Spent two weeks above 9,000'. Home is at 568'.

[Scuzzer]

So that's where we start our rides. Nothing horribly high there so we ride to the end of the road at 12,200 and then down to 10k or so and back to the cabin. I've only ridden Evans once, wasn't my favorite route out here.

Forgot to mention, all gravel roads but ancient steel road bike with 32s on it.

[Scuzzer]

Technically the highest I've been with a bike was the top of Grays Peak (14,278 ft) but that was for the (somewhat) stupid Motezumas Revenge race out here. Didn't ride it there, just climbed the backside of it with my mountain bike strapped to a frame pack.

[kmac]

14,200' for mt evans here, too. scary up there with how quickly weather can change. we later learned 2 hikers got killed by lightning on the neighboring peak (bierstadt) while we were at the summit.

i think the 12k' or so of trail ridge was plenty high, plenty beautiful, and not quite so death-defying. plus my wife met me at the summit with donuts, and shuttled me back to make it a one-way trip. i'll likely do that one again.

i think for me, once up a 14er is enough.

[kramnnim]

Mt. Haleakalā - 10,023 ft

Same.

[berserk87]

Based on the title of this thread, I thought this was the topic:

[MrDangerPants]

From a throwback Thursday Instagram posting I posted last year:

TBT: 10th Mountain Division Hut Bikepacking Trip, September 1993. Riding a 1991 Fat Chance Wicked w/Rock Shox Mag 21. No GPS. No panniers, just my Dana Design Arc Flex Alpine 5000+ ci backpack (which I still own). We pretty much got off the plane and headed to the trailhead. Started at Redcliff (8680 ft) and made our way to Fowler/Hilliard Hut (11,500 ft), which would be our base for the next several days. Not a very complicated route up (709/747/751) though a surprise snow squall that dropped a couple inches of snow made things interesting. Got slightly disoriented and ended up climbing Ptarmigan Hill to scout where we were, which didn’t help. About a mile from the hut a guy in a Jeep drove up and asked us why we didn’t drive to the hut. Wasn’t very helpful, I recall. I think I had the most severe headache ever in my life that night.

[gasman]

Based on the title of this thread, I thought this was the topic:


That did come to mind.

Thanks for the laugh.

[Bradford]

Trail Ridge Road for me, at 12,183, with Tiretrax. Cottonwood wasn't too far behind at 12,126.

My mouth was dry, and when your mouth is dry, you're plenty high.

[dem]

Mauna loa
Mauna kea visitor center
Haleakala
Trail ridge parkway
Pike's peak
Mt evans

umm, probably more.. I like to climb. :)

Pike's peak has been the hardest so far, by quite a lot.

I would still like to do the "full" Mauna Kea one day.. but the stars have to align..

[sitzmark]

Ride-the-Rockies 2014
Boulder ->Berthoud Pass -> Rabbit Ears Pass -> Tennessee Pass -> Fremont Pass -> Loveland Pass -> Golden

Highest Point: 11,990 Loveland Pass

[MattTuck]

Trail Ridge Road for me, at 12,183, with Tiretrax. Cottonwood wasn't too far behind at 12,126.

My mouth was dry, and when your mouth is dry, you're plenty high.

Is that second line still referring to elevation?

[R3awak3n]

Based on the title of this thread, I thought this was the topic:

it actually be a much more entertaining thread

[MattTuck]

it actually be a much more entertaining thread

yeah, where's velotel?

[Louis]

yeah, where's velotel?

To quote John Denver, "Rocky Mountain high, Colorado."

[mhespenheide]

Off the bike? 18,500' on Nevado Tocllaraju in Peru.

On the bike, Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountian National Park, Colorado.

[Drmojo]

mountain bike ride from Lhasa to Katmandu
Everest base camp at Rongbuk
Pass before the camp is 18,100 feet
Lots of 15 teeners, 16 teeners too

[Bob Ross]

I think I did Loveland Pass -- if not it was one of those other ~11,000' continental divide milestones -- three years ago when we were vacationing in Keystone CO. Going back there again this July to do the Triple Bypass ride.

[paredown]

I'm impressed with some of these climbs. Highest single climb for me is probably Mt. Baker--a measly 3500', although you start pretty close to sea level, and most of the climb is pretty tight.

[choke]

Very close to where I took this picture....around 9200 ft in the Bighorn Mtns.

http://hampco.ciocctoo.com/bh9.jpg

[tv_vt]

Cime de la Bonette in the Alps - 9383 ft. Lovely ride, one of the most scenic climbs I've done.

East Coast doesn't have much to offer compared to Rocky Mountain passes. Mt Washington is only 6200 feet.

[AJM100]

wowza . . .

[GregL]

By the standards of this forum, not very high at all. On a bike: Mount Mitchell, NC. On foot: Mt. Haleakala, HI.

Greg

[Hakkalugi]

I live at 7000’, and Independence Pass is only 30 miles away, so that’s a regular ride. Trail Ridge is a great ride too, but Moab is 2 hours closer so I don’t ride it regularly. Haven’t done Mt. Evans yet because there are too many other, less famous, very interesting rides closer to home.

A guy in Mallorca said I have lungs like barrage balloons, which was either a compliment or just an acknowledgement of my moobs.

The real kudos go to my wife, who works at 11,200’ and can bake delicious bread and cakes from scratch at that altitude.

[zennmotion]

Cho La pass, Kombu District Nepal. 17,800 ft- not on a bike obviously. Trip of a lifetime but a bit scary during early monsoon season when it started to snow really hard making for an uncomfortably fast slog in thin air to shelter to the village below before the trail disappeared. Got to Everest base camp the same week which I think is a bit lower in elevation.

[BikeNY]

When I lived in Breckenridge like 25 years ago I rode my mountain bike from town to the top of peak 9, which is 13,195 feet. Town is at 9600, so that makes it about a 3600 ft climb. At least I was acclimated!

[Mr. Pink]

I think I did Loveland Pass -- if not it was one of those other ~11,000' continental divide milestones -- three years ago when we were vacationing in Keystone CO. Going back there again this July to do the Triple Bypass ride.

Well, if you made a right turn out of the Keystone parking lot and immediately started a serious climb, yeah, that was Loveland pass.

Mt. Evans here. I was hallucinating.

[Mr. Pink]

I live at 7000’, and Independence Pass is only 30 miles away, so that’s a regular ride. Trail Ridge is a great ride too, but Moab is 2 hours closer so I don’t ride it regularly. Haven’t done Mt. Evans yet because there are too many other, less famous, very interesting rides closer to home.

A guy in Mallorca said I have lungs like barrage balloons, which was either a compliment or just an acknowledgement of my moobs.

The real kudos go to my wife, who works at 11,200’ and can bake delicious bread and cakes from scratch at that altitude.

Pizza is hard, too. Tourists don't appreciate the skills needed.

[CSKeller]

Mt. Evans 14,200
Hesperus Hill – Southern Ute Reservation – 12,468 ft
Trail Ridge Rd. – 12,183 ft
Cottonwood Pass – 12,126 ft
Independence Pass – 12,095 ft
Loveland Pass – 11,992 ft
Fremont Pass – 11,318 ft
Berthoud Pass – 11,315 ft
Monarch Pass – 11,312 ft
Berthoud Pass – 11,307 ft
Juniper Pass – 11,140 ft
Red Mountain Pass – 11,018 ft
Molas Pass – 10,910 ft
Wolf Creek Pass – 10,856 ft
Grand Mesa – 10,839 ft
Milner Pass – 10,758 ft
Vail Pass - 10,666 ft
Coal Bank Pass – 10,640 ft
Tennessee Pass – 10, 424 ft
La Manga Pass – 10,230 ft
Lizard Head Pass – 10,222 ft
Cumbres Pass – 10,022 ft

Have done a lot of these thru Ride the Rockies (11 so far), Copper Triangle (??? eight at least), Triple ByPass (twice) and of course the Bob Cook Memorial Ride (twice). I really love Colorado!

There are some really impressive places people have been to and ridden. Lots of great inputs! :hello::hello::hello:

[Ozz]

On bike: 5400' - Paradise Inn - Mt Rainier
On foot: 14,411' - summit - Mt Rainier
By car: 9200' - Snowbowl, AZ

[PQJ]

wowza . . .

If we had a Post of the Thread Award, this would be the winner. Well played! I imagine that was some good stuff (even better at altitude).

[brendonk]

Trail ridge road. Fortunately for me my parents live just south of Grand Lake so I'm able to ride up several times a summer.

When your mouth is dry, you're plenty high.
- one bourbon, one scotch, one beer
- written by Johny Lee Hooker
- popularized by George Thorogood

[cgolvin]

Loveland for me as well, 11,990 according to the landmark pictured below.

When I told the nice guys at the shop in Golden where I rented the bike that I was planning to do this, they asked where I was from and immediately tried to discourage me, sending me up a short climb just past Keystone. After doing that and returning to the main road, I figured I'd just start up and see how far I got, but at a certain point it became about this just-arrived old flatlander proving them wrong.

Despite being August I did encounter some snow flurries while passing A-basin.

(Hey Weisan pal, note the jersey.)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3706/9489920767_05b4e664b1_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/fsAjPz)IMG_0658 (https://flic.kr/p/fsAjPz) by cgolvin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nivlog/), on Flickr

[Jaybee]

Loveland for me as well, 11,990 according to the landmark pictured below.

When I told the nice guys at the shop in Golden where I rented the bike that I was planning to do this, they asked where I was from and immediately tried to discourage me, sending me up a short climb just past Keystone. After doing that and returning to the main road, I figured I'd just start up and see how far I got, but at a certain point it became about this just-arrived old flatlander proving them wrong.

Despite being August I did encounter some snow flurries while passing A-basin.

(Hey Weisan pal, note the jersey.)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3706/9489920767_05b4e664b1_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/fsAjPz)IMG_0658 (https://flic.kr/p/fsAjPz) by cgolvin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nivlog/), on Flickr

Congrats on making it. I understand why the shop would discourage this though. Altitude sickness, (especially when you are relying on balance to keep you off the tarmac at speed, and potentially solo in the high mountains) is no joke.

[Mark McM]

Congrats on making it. I understand why the shop would discourage this though. Altitude sickness, (especially when you are relying on balance to keep you off the tarmac at speed, and potentially solo in the high mountains) is no joke.

Doesn't it take a while for altitude sickness symptoms to start? As I understand, symptoms usually start 6 to 10 hours after going to altitude. This time delay is why non-oxygen assisted high mountain ascents are usually done as speed ascents (up and back down again the same day), to avoid altitude sickness.

That's not to say that people who have not acclimated won't have problems with the general lack of oxygen at altitude, which is what the shop was probably concerned about.

[cgolvin]

Congrats on making it. I understand why the shop would discourage this though. Altitude sickness, (especially when you are relying on balance to keep you off the tarmac at speed, and potentially solo in the high mountains) is no joke.

They were completely well-intentioned and I respected that.
I don't think I've ever been as diligent about hydration as I was on that climb.

Also rode over the pass to Vail the next day. Really nice to have all those cycling paths and not have to deal with the traffic, especially when the alternative was I70.

[sw3759]

have done Mt Evans half a dozen times and Pikes Peak once.PP was way tougher.done most all the big climbs around the front range and usually spend a few weeks every summer in Frisco.
my current favorite is Guanella Pass out of Georgetown.

[cv1966]

Loveland Pass during Triple Bypass 2007

[Jaybee]

Doesn't it take a while for altitude sickness symptoms to start? As I understand, symptoms usually start 6 to 10 hours after going to altitude. This time delay is why non-oxygen assisted high mountain ascents are usually done as speed ascents (up and back down again the same day), to avoid altitude sickness.

That's not to say that people who have not acclimated won't have problems with the general lack of oxygen at altitude, which is what the shop was probably concerned about.

IME, it depends on altitude delta, how fit you are, hydration, and the amount of time you have given yourself to acclimate. 12,000 isn’t crazy altitude. Spend a day in Denver after flying in from the coast, Trail Ridge Rd is probably fine.

[PaMtbRider]

I've done some 12,000 foot passes in Colorado that weren't near as hard as some 6,000 foot passes in Switzerland.

[jtbadge]

Lifelong flatlander here, just moved to LA, where one can ride from roughly sea level up thousands of feet. A couple of rides starting from my home around 100 feet have gone straight up the side of the mountain to above 3100. Still figuring out strategies for such occasions.

[Dasarbule]

The Taiwan KOM route up Mt Hehuanshan. 3200m. I felt great until 2800m, at which point everything went pear shaped. Legs felt fine but my head was a complete mess. I only stayed at the top long enough to put on a few layers before continuing on to Lishan.
Beautiful scenery!

https://s5.postimg.cc/sy6gq5zev/IMG_20170317_133502_HDR.jpg

https://s5.postimg.cc/5mid12l53/IMG_20170317_135937_HDR.jpg

[cgolvin]

Lifelong flatlander here, just moved to LA, where one can ride from roughly sea level up thousands of feet. A couple of rides starting from my home around 100 feet have gone straight up the side of the mountain to above 3100. Still figuring out strategies for such occasions.

jtbadge-pal, you can get quite a bit higher than that in the San Gabriels:

https://www.strava.com/routes/5322011

[jtbadge]

jtbadge-pal, you can get quite a bit higher than that in the San Gabriels:

https://www.strava.com/routes/5322011

SO not ready for that. Hah!

[NHAero]

On a bike, somewhere over 9,000 feet on the Peak to Peak Highway west of Boulder. On foot, somewhere around 19,300 feet over a pass on the south side of Mt Kailash in Tibet.

[dbnm]

This past Saturday I did the Iron Horse race.

Molas Pass is 10,910 feet.

A new high for me.

[martl]

This is fun although it depends on in which region you are.

Exhibit A:
Mt Graham, Arizona, 10374ft

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/MountGraham.jpg/1280px-MountGraham.jpg

Exhibit B:
Mt. Zugspitze, 9718ft.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Zugspitze_Westansicht.JPG/1280px-Zugspitze_Westansicht.JPG

I wonder which is the tougher climb ;)

My personal high was the Bonette ringroad, other (lower) climbs have been tougher. I've been to Leh and i've seen folks riding up Kardung-La, but they didn't look happy enough for me to borrow a bike and do it myself :)

[Mr. Pink]

Loveland for me as well, 11,990 according to the landmark pictured below.

When I told the nice guys at the shop in Golden where I rented the bike that I was planning to do this, they asked where I was from and immediately tried to discourage me, sending me up a short climb just past Keystone. After doing that and returning to the main road, I figured I'd just start up and see how far I got, but at a certain point it became about this just-arrived old flatlander proving them wrong.

Despite being August I did encounter some snow flurries while passing A-basin.

(Hey Weisan pal, note the jersey.)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3706/9489920767_05b4e664b1_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/fsAjPz)IMG_0658 (https://flic.kr/p/fsAjPz) by cgolvin (https://www.flickr.com/photos/nivlog/), on Flickr


I had a hard time first time I was out there, and fortunately, my friends taught me just to find a zone I was comfortable in, and not try to keep up. It worked. I've had worst experiences skiing in high Colorado, probably because I jump off a plane and use mechanical devices to immediately get me up to 13,000 ft., and then jump into a wind blown powder bowl. Not good. I've lived in Frisco for a few months at a time, and it takes at least a few weeks to get comfortable.

Interesting that the Department of Agriculture lays claim to that Loveland Pass marker. What the hell do they have to do with that?

[sitzmark]

Interesting that the Department of Agriculture lays claim to that Loveland Pass marker. What the hell do they have to do with that?

Forest Service is a division of Dept. of Ag - Loveland Pass in national forest lands.

[Mr. Pink]

Oh.

Not many trees up there.

[mktng]

rode whiteface last year.
48XX ft?

was fun.

but clearly a baby hill compared to what people here have done.

[livingminimal]

A couple of weeks ago I had 4.5 gram of an edible (brownie) over the course of four hours at a baseball game. I woke up high the next morning.
It was ridiculously potent.
So, the answer is "pretty high."

[redir]

I know for sure by bike I was at about 6,600ft on Mt. Mitchell. Though I had done some rides up that canyons around Boulder CO that may have been higher then that.

On foot was close to 18,000 on Mt. Popocatépetl.

I can't imagine riding up over 10k it's gotta be hard to breath. It's hard enough just to walk over 14k, at least for me.

[Hakkalugi]

This past Saturday I did the Iron Horse race.

Molas Pass is 10,910 feet.

A new high for me.

That and perfect weather made for a great weekend of cycling. Seen it snow plenty of times during the IHBC. Even the forest fire that caused the gravel ride to be canceled was contained quickly.

[Howzit]

Did Cycle to the Sun for the first time and raced up Haleakala. 10,023 Elevation Gained. Starting from sea level in Pa'ia to the summit at 10,023. It was epic.

[duff_duffy]

I’m jealous…I live on High Hill Road and have an elevation of about 20 feet on most rides.

[B4_Ford]

This thread is worthless without Willie.

https://youtu.be/NUBflOTXKsU


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[jimoots]

Only 4000ft, and really what I ride regularly tops out at 2500ft.

But I did notice that this week I ticked over 2 million VM's, which I thought was kinda cool.

[Kyle h]

12,112 for me.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52640965445_08e31dbe17_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ocGH3v)

[zmalwo]

The highest I've gotten was when I took 100mg of thc. I was high for 2 days

[zero85ZEN]

Top of Mt Lemmon past the ski area up to the closed gates to the observatory on a bike. Don’t know the exact elevation at that point but around 9k feet.

I’ve rope towed and then hiked with alpine skis to a couple feet shy of 13,000 feet at the top of Peak 8 at Breckenridge. (12,998 feet to be exact.) Nice view from up there and a beautiful long ski down to the base.

[oldpotatoe]

The highest I've gotten was when I took 100mg of thc. I was high for 2 days

HA..the highest I have been was just shy of 50,000 feet in an F-4...OK, maybe a wee bit above but by regs, you needed a pressure suit to be above 50k...:)

[merckxman]

9,048 feet on Passo dello Stelvio, the 48 switchbacks up were amazing.

[thew]

By bike—13,185 ft at Mosquito Pass riding from Leadville to Fairplay CO. I pushed the last 1,500 feet or so, though :).

By foot—19,974ft climbing Huyna Potosi in the Cordillera Real in Bolivia.

[Mr. Pink]

Mt. Evans

14,265

[Bruce K]

Fremont Pass between Frisco and Leadville

11,318 ft

BK

[climbgdh]

On a bike it would have been Salt River pass on the LOTOJA course a few years back at about 7600 ft asl. On foot it would have been near the summit of Pumori in the Khumbu valley in Nepal. Bad weather forced us to descend but I think we were about 200m from summit so would have been at 6950 m (22,801 ft).

[72gmc]

Fun thread. I can’t compete—I’ve only been to 5k+ on a bike. I should ride crater lake and sunrise to raise my numbers.

[pdonk]

Hoping a shuttled ride counts.....

Somewhere around 8500 ft, when I got dropped off at Kokopelli as part of the Whole Enchilada, wish we'd been there a week earlier to have ridden the whole thing.

[bikinchris]

Mt. Haleakalā - 10,023 ft

WE NEED A LIKE BUTTON.

Did you start from sea level?

[Spaghetti Legs]

Probably Mt Lemmon in Tucson - about 9200 ft. I've climbed Alpe d'Huez but I think the road summit is around 6000 ft.

[Repack Rider]

Pearl Pass, Colorado, 12,700'.

Been there a bunch of times. Here is the first time, in 1978. I'm 4th from left.

http://www.vintagemtbworkshop.com/uploads/1/6/1/3/16132778/pearlpass1978_orig.jpg

[dcama5]

dbnm,
I don't really know, but probably whatever the highest elevation is on the Skyline Drive of Virginia, because a buddy and I biked the entire 100+ mile distance from Front Royal to Waynesboro about twenty years ago. Too old to do that now.

[benb]

I've been to the top of Pike's Peak (14,115ft) and Haleakala (10,023ft).

Tallest I've ridden up is Mt. Washington (6,288ft) twice.

I like climbing, I've climbed lots of shorter mountains and passes to the point I couldn't remember them. I think I've done all the White Mountain Passes, and I've done a fair # of the passes in Vermont.

I need to ride up Mt. Greylock (3,489ft) the tallest point in Massachusetts, I have not rode that, and I've lived in Massachusetts on and off for 35 years.

[72gmc]

I figure riding to the top of Mt Washington is like riding to the highest point on the planet, weather-risk-wise.

[RudAwkning]

Highest I've hit is only a touch over 10,000'. But I did it on a fixed gear! It was part of the White Mountain Double in the Eastern Sierras. With nearly 6300' of elevation gain in 20 miles, descending was just as much work as the climb itself.

[Jaybee]

Near Coney Summit on the Colorado Trail - 13,271.

[froze]

My team and I, around 82, rode from Redlands California up Hwy 330 around Big Bear Lake, back down the 38, and back to Redlands. I can't remember the height, but we started at around the 1,000-foot level at some stadium parking lot in Redlands, and the highest point was around 8,500, it was about a 90 mile ride. This was long ago, so trying to remember specifics is a bit sketchy now.

Maybe someone who knows that area knows the elevation and maybe the distance on that route.

There was another loop we did that ended up going around Big Bear Lake, that one was out of Little Rock, Calif, can't recall the roads we took but ended up on Big Pines Hwy, to the 2 to Wrightwood, then down the 2 to 138 and back to Little Rock, only around 4,000-foot climb and roughly 60 miles, but the ride was rough, the heat and road conditions were not idea back then, a lot of cracks in the pavement. Not sure if anyone repaved that area.

Again, maybe someone here knows the elevation of that area.

I rode all over that mountain range.

[bthomas515]

I rode up pikes peak last summer. Beautiful ride. Stupidest thing I’ve ever done.

[TheseGoTo11]

HA..the highest I have been was just shy of 50,000 feet in an F-4...OK, maybe a wee bit above but by regs, you needed a pressure suit to be above 50k...:)

Old Potatoe wins the forum for today.

[TheseGoTo11]

https://i.ibb.co/mtwcQ1P/IMG-4055.jpg (https://ibb.co/2PQkXmp)

[Charles M]

Mt Evans (on the road...) in the US. We did a terrible/wonderful ride in Tibet after a China trip that was supposedly the highest paved road in the World, but who knows... I couldnt see well enough to read anything :)

[donevwil]

Clearly I have to set some more epic climbing goals, but being ~230# should permit me a handicap :help:.

On a bike I'm pretty sure it was the Stelvio (2760m/9055'). I've never focused on elevation since I'm a coastal guy.

Non-bike? Maybe the Klein Matterhorn (3,883m/12,740 ft')?

[reuben]

Hiking - around 14,000 feet in Bolivia.

Cycling - around 1,000 feet. We don't have any big hills 'round here.