Lowest Elevation/ Altitude

I didn't really want to hijack the other thread, so here's a topic to combat it.

The lowest elevation I've ever been to is Death Valley National Park in California, which gets down to 282 feet (86 m) below sea level. It's particularly crazy because a few hours drive away we saw Mt Whitney, the highest point in the continental USA at 14505 feet (4421 m).

Beyond that, I have an open water diving certificate so I think the lowest with that was ~50ft or so (16m). And of course now that I'm in Holland I permanently live a few meters below sea level.

Our kids got a thrill watching the GPS elevation reading dip below sea level when we were driving round the Netherlands! (easily pleased is our gang!)

My record to date is, and will likely remain, 423 metres (1388 ft) below sea level. The Dead Sea.

Diving, I've gone to about 110 ft, maybe a touch further.

A little bit below sea level, in the Netherlands and in New Orleans.

2wanderers wrote:My record to date is, and will likely remain, 423 metres (1388 ft) below sea level. The Dead Sea.

That's mine, too. I tried to go under water in the Dead Sea and could only make it a foot or so before I popped back up to the surface.

A few years ago my girlfriend and I visited the Dead Sea towards the end of our trip to Jordan.

After that we flew to Nepal and walked the Annapurna Circuit, passing the 5416m Thorong La on the way.

I've always been entertained by the fact that my personal lowest and highest elevations were reached less than 3 weeks apart

Death Valley, California is deeper than my deepest dive (just under 50 meters).

Maestra LE wrote:A little bit below sea level, in the Netherlands and in New Orleans.

Haha, I was going to say... somewhere north or east of the French Quarter.