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LandyLiam

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who's the king of the castle?
« on: March 10, 2011 »
Well my highest summit is a mere 850m (Slieve Donard) so that puts me in the dirty wee rascal category, so tell us your highest climbs and we'll see who's the king?


editted to add the compiled list so far: (all in metres)

6310 - Chimborazo, Ecuador - Chem_j
6189 - Island Peak, Nepal - seanbranagh
5892 - Kilimanjaro - LennyJ1
5892 - Kilimanjaro - Sean
5892 - Kilimanjaro - nicm
5545 - Kala Patthar (near Everest) - AlanRSV
5545 - Kala Patthar (near Everest) - twentyclicks
5400 - Manaslu Saddle - MikeD
4985 - Point Lenana on Mount Kenya - alanrsv
4200 - Mountain pass of Abra Warmihuañusca (Dead Woman’s Pass) - mregan
4200 - Dead Woman’s Pass – 4200m (on the Inca Trail) - craigy123
4102 - Barre des Écrins, the Dauphine Alps, France - Drongo
3750 - Bolivian Altiplano (above La Paz and at lake Titicaca)  - Paul72
3203 - Kitzsteinhorn (Austria) - Eamonn
3152 - Piz Boè (Dolomites) - Daithi 2004
3099 - Emei Shan (China, Sichuan Province) - Matthew Black
2810 - Mount Roraima ( Tepui Plateau, Venezuela) - Matthew Black
2132 - Cima Delle Pozette (Monte Baldo, Italy) - LandyLiam
1344 - Ben Nevis - MG1, whoRya
1245 - Cairngorms - Shamara
1150 - Blåhammaren in Sweden  - Tim
1038 - Carrauntoohil - Dowser
1038 - Carrauntoohil - Spud
1038 - Carrauntoohil - Aragorn
850 - Slieve Donard - RedLeader
765 - Commedagh - Flapjack
550 - Trostan - Wolf_Larson
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Re: who's the king of the castle?
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2011 »
Ben Nevis for me.
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Re: who's the king of the castle?
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2011 »
Donard for me too. Can you add the height for the number of times you've been up :D

I suppose Lennys going to come on and kick all our asses :)
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Re: who's the king of the castle?
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2011 »
Lenny is going to win this isn't he! If it hadn't been for the flipping severe bowel disturbances I would have Island Peak to beat him at 6189m... google tells me Kala Pattar is 5545m so that is my land-based high point, and due to latitude I probably had less oxygen  :D
Rounding out the top three are:
Jbel Toubkal - 4167m
Mulhacen - 3482m

You could work on most ascent in a day but it is hard to keep track of exactly without a GPS.
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Re: who's the king of the castle?
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2011 »
The saddle across Manaslu, about 5400 metres......

"Manaslu (Nepali:मनास्लु), also known as Kutang) is the eighth highest mountain in the world, and is located in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal. Its name, which means "Mountain of the Spirit", comes from the Sanskrit word Manasa, meaning "intellect" or "soul". Manaslu was first climbed on May 9, 1956 by Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu, members of a Japanese expedition. It is said that "just as the British consider Everest their mountain, Manaslu has always been a Japanese mountain".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaslu
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Re: who's the king of the castle?
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2011 »
What a beautiful mountain Mike!

I'd climb that over Everest any day. Stunning.
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Re: who's the king of the castle?
« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2011 »
was immense, watching the snow swirl around its fishtailed peak... I need to get independently wealthy and escape this turgid existence !
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Re: who's the king of the castle?
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2011 »
Highest summit for me is Ben Nevis, but I had a more spectacular view from Doan last weekend.  Size isn't everything... ;)
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Re: who's the king of the castle?
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2011 »
5895m - Mt Kilimanjaro then Ben Nevis.

I think I may be the king of this one but I still plan on going higher one day.
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Re: who's the king of the castle?
« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2011 »
Sadly, Carrauntoohil is the highest for me at 1038 Metres  :'(


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Re: who's the king of the castle?
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2011 »
Cairngorms for me.
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Re: who's the king of the castle?
« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2011 »
For me it's Mount Roraima @ 2,810 m in southern Venezuela at the triple border point of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana.



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Re: who's the king of the castle?
« Reply #12 on: March 10, 2011 »
My highest so far is Point Lenana on Mount Kenya at 4985m
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Re: who's the king of the castle?
« Reply #13 on: March 10, 2011 »
Quote from: matthewrblack on March 10, 2011
For me it's Mount Roraima @ 2,810 m in southern Venezuela at the triple border point of Venezuela, Brazil and Guyana.



Matthew

That looks awesome and waking up in that camp site must of put a massive smile
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Re: who's the king of the castle?
« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2011 »
As a planned walk it is Donard for me.  

Although I did get fed up with the ski-lifts being 'windied-off' (again) and no snow low-down one year on Cairngorm, so we walked up the pistes in our ski-boots and carrying our skis and poles.  That got us up to the Ptarmigan restaurant at 1097m.  Incidently I have learnt tonight that this is the highest restaurant in the UK.  I didn't appreciate that at the time, and I brought a packed lunch 8)

I'm planning 'the Ben' this summer.
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