Highest elevation you've worked at?

[Robb]

...also could be phrased as "what's the highest you've ever been at work?" ;)

A couple years ago I worked at an on-mountain restaurant where my morning shovel routine began at about 11,900 feet. Usually a foot or so lower by the time I finished. :)

[La_Serpiente]

1. I worked at a school this past summer

and it was at 3000 feet.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

2. Interesting question...I had never thought about it before

I've done some data network jobs in Reno, S. Lake Tahoe, Salt Lake City, and Denver, whatever the elevations are in those respective places.

I think the flight attendants and pilots are going to come in first on this questions, unless we have astronauts about.

[Robb]

3. Ah, yes, but they should know

...the difference between elevation and altitude, the former being the question here. ;)

[DisgustipatedinCA]

4. Point taken n/t

[alwynsw]

13. Isn't elevation

the degree of up angle on a gun tube (cannon) required to range the round properly?

[DannyRed]

5. I've worked at

12,000 feet,

(Geology in the Sierra Nevada)

and at -12,000 feet.

(Deep Sea Geology in the Alvin Submarine)

[ret5hd]

6. Cool...

If I wasnt a 45 yr old 3 pack a day smoker who cant get his ears to clear when he dives, i'd be hangin' with you.

[Zomby Woof]

7. 6900 feet

The same elevation I live at. I lived the first 36 years of my life at sea level, so this is a change. :-)

[Cat Atomic]

8. 8,500 feet or so.

Here in Southern California (San Jacinto).

[alwynsw]

9. Somewhere above 40,000 feet

It was an Air Force thing

But on the ground, however the heck high Leadville, CO is (I'm too lazy to Google it)

[central scrutinizer]

10. tree planting in Colorado

All of the clearcuts were over 12,000 and the top of the highest one was 12,800. Hard physical labor at that elevation for three weeks and when I got back home (elevation 400) I could swim two laps underwater - my hematocrit was off the chart.

[pmbryant]

11. 13,792 feet

Summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii.

There ain't no oxygen up there! :scared:

:-)

--Peter

[pmbryant]

18. Do I win? (Not including airplanes) ;-)

On the off-chance anyone here has worked higher than this, I hope you had an oxygen tank with you. Or at least spent plenty of time getting acclimated. Altitude sickenss is not a pleasant experience.

It's also very hard to think straight at such elevations, even if you're not sick. It helps greatly to have your entire work plan worked out in advance, so you don't have to rely on making sound decisions while oxygen-deprived.

--Peter

[XNASA]

12. Chicago is about 660 ft above sea level.....

And I once did some work on the 87th floor of the Sears Tower. So figuring about 12 ft per floor....660 + (87 X 12) = 1644 ft.

[XNASA]

16. On second thought......

I played a gig in Denver once so I change that to 5280 ft.

[BiggJawn]

14. Around 6,500 feet...

TV transmitter site southeast of Parker. From the top of the tower, I could look DOWN on Denver....

[Hubert Flottz]

15. Go see for yourself!

You can jump off once a year!

http://www.nps.gov/neri/bridge.htm

I needed the cash!

[GOPisEvil]

17. Approximately 2,000 ft.

Give or take a few feet depending on whether I was working in the valley, or on one of the hills. Bear Creek Scout Reservation, Hunt, TX.

[HawkerHurricane]

19. Sea Level.

Must be the company I work for.

(Dad says 7550 at Observation Point, looking down at Old Faithful. He has me beat.)