What is the elevation at which you live?

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How high do you live?

Below sea level
0
No votes
0-100 metres (0-328 ft)
10
30%
101-200 metres (329-656 ft)
2
6%
201-300 metres (657-985 ft)
5
15%
301-500 metres (986-1,641 ft)
3
9%
501-700 metres (1,642-2,297 ft)
1
3%
701-1,000 metres (2,298-3,282 ft)
0
No votes
1,001-1,500 metres (3,283-4,923 ft)
4
12%
1,501-2,000 metres (4,924-6,564 ft)
5
15%
2,001-2,500 metres (6,565-8,205 ft)
2
6%
2,501-3,000 metres (8,206-9,846 ft)
1
3%
3,001-3,500 metres (9,847-11,487 ft)
0
No votes
3,501-4,000 metres (11,488-13,128 ft)
0
No votes
4,000-4,500 metres (13,129-14,769 ft)
0
No votes
4,500-5,100 metres (14,770-16,738 ft)
0
No votes
I live in La Rinconada, Peru.
0
No votes
 
Total votes : 33
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What is the elevation at which you live?

by Proterra » Wed Jul 24, 2013 1:19 pm

Me, I live at exactly 2,185 feet above sea level (or 666 metres) 8)

In Poland, the highest regular habitation is Głodówka (Brzegi) in the municipality of Bukowina Tatrzańska at 1115-1140 metres (3,660 - 3,740 ft)

In the whole of Europe, there is very little habitation at elevations over 1,000-1,200 metres (3,280-3,940 ft) even in the south. Cities such as Denver or Salt Lake just don't exist on the old continent...

But as summitpost has membership from Colorado, Bolivia and even China, it would be interesting to see where the majority of them reside, up high, or way down low...
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Re: What the elevation at which you live?

by mconnell » Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:22 pm

2780 meters (9120ft).

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Re: What the elevation at which you live?

by artrock23 » Wed Jul 24, 2013 4:55 pm

Interesting poll.

I live at the ocean, maybe 30ft. above sea level. Taking my monthly trips to the Eastern Sierra, i'm going from sea level to 11Kft.+ in under 36 hours. Not ideal acclimatization conditions, and my body let's me know. :lol:

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Re: What the elevation at which you live?

by mrchad9 » Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:07 pm

I don't think it really counts as climbing a 14er unless you are acclimated to sea level.

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Re: What the elevation at which you live?

by Scott » Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:17 pm

6300 feet/1920 meters

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Re: What the elevation at which you live?

by Scott » Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:23 pm

See also this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hi ... by_country

I do disagree with places like Gorak Shep, Dingoboche, etc. as not being inhabited year round. In the past, this was true, but not anymore. Gorak Shep may be too small to be a town though. This is not true of Dingboche though. It's probably the 2nd largest town in the Khumbu, after Namche Bazaar, though this is just a guess.

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Re: What the elevation at which you live?

by cab » Wed Jul 24, 2013 6:09 pm

What are these "meters" you speak of?

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Re: What the elevation at which you live?

by mrchad9 » Wed Jul 24, 2013 6:27 pm

cab wrote:What are these "meters" you speak of?

Probably time to feature this one again...

http://www.summitpost.org/i-know-what-a-foot-is/245222

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Re: What is the elevation at which you live?

by LesterLong » Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:47 am

I live in Manhattan, about 400 feet from the water.

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Re: What is the elevation at which you live?

by McCannster » Thu Jul 25, 2013 4:08 am

About 5740 ft/1749 m.

but I have lived as low as 200 feet and as high as 6500 ft.

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Re: What the elevation at which you live?

by dadndave » Tue Jul 30, 2013 3:47 am

cab wrote:What are these "meters" you speak of?


:D

I live at 30.01 metres but my spellchecker doesn't like it. It's happier with my 2 meters, one for water, one for electricity.

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Re: What is the elevation at which you live?

by WyomingSummits » Tue Jul 30, 2013 5:45 am

4900 ft here. Acclimated and ready to roll...... :) Can be over 10K in 90 minutes.

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Re: What is the elevation at which you live?

by RickF » Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:44 pm

My mountain mentor shared these titles based on the elevation at which one resides:
0' - 50' (0 - 15M) Beach bum
50'-1000' (16M - 300M) Flatlander
1000' - 4000' (301M - 1,300M) Goat Roper
4000' - 8000' (1,301M - 2,600M) Hillbilly
8,000'+ (2,600M+) Mountain Man

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Re: What is the elevation at which you live?

by mconnell » Wed Jul 31, 2013 4:00 am

RickF wrote:My mountain mentor shared these titles based on the elevation at which one resides:
0' - 50' (0 - 15M) Beach bum
50'-1000' (16M - 300M) Flatlander
1000' - 4000' (301M - 1,300M) Goat Roper
4000' - 8000' (1,301M - 2,600M) Hillbilly
8,000'+ (2,600M+) Mountain Man


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