# Extreme Dopers! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922 "2005-03-04T17:12:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922/1 "2005-03-04T17:12:35Z")
For no good reason other than it’s Friday, I got to pondering; who are our most extreme Dopers? Not politically, or naked-bungee-jumping-out-of-a-helicopter-that’s-on-fire-over-a-tankful-of-wolverines type extreme, but geographically: Who is the most northerly Doper? **Nunavut Boy** , on Baffin Island, surely must be in the running! (Is anyone actually posting from north of 60?) And southerly? Do we have anyone in the Antarctic scientific community? How about the highest Doper (above mean sea level, I should add)? And which Doper is the lowest of the low (and for more than 20 minutes, in 1960)? How about the wettest and driest Dopers? (Based on average annual rainfall in their locality?) Oldest/youngest? Tallest/shortest? Posting from the highest office building? Posting from the oldest building? I can’t really lay claim to any of the above, so I’ll use a weaselly subjective extreme: Doper with the nicest view out of their office window: I am on a hill overlooking a 19th-century lighthouse, with a placid ocean leading across to the magnificent snow-capped Olympic Mountains. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922/2 "2005-03-04T17:53:04Z")
Having subscribed about a half-hour ago, I believe I am the newest doper. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922/3 "2005-03-04T18:00:37Z")
> [@Rodd Hill](#): > > How about the highest Doper (above mean sea level, I should add)? I’m probably the highest. 11,200 feet. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922/4 "2005-03-04T18:02:13Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I’m probably the highest. 11,200 feet. So you’re high on dope. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922/5 "2005-03-04T18:09:54Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I’m probably the highest. 11,200 feet. Where’s That? Salida? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922/6 "2005-03-04T18:35:34Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Where’s That? Salida? North of Alma, just below Hoosier Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922/7 "2005-03-04T23:37:12Z")
Latitude: 63° 45’ North Longitude: 68° 30’ West There may be some Dopers in Alaska that are more northern than me. In any case, as long as they don’t see this thread I hereby dub myself “His Royal Highness the Most Northerly”. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922/8 "2005-03-04T23:39:51Z")
I may be in the oldest building at least for U.S. Dopers if not everyone. My house first shows up on census records in 1760 and is still largely original. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922/9 "2005-03-05T01:26:43Z")
Unless I hear otherwise, I believe I still hold the title of tallest doper at 6’9" ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922/10 "2005-03-05T14:11:25Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > I may be in the oldest building at least for U.S. Dopers if not everyone. My house **first** shows up on census records in 1760 and is still largely original. (bolding mine)Wow. I think I heard you mention this in another post way back. What type of construction is it? Mullinator. Being big can be a real benifit. I’m 6’4" myself. But sometimes it can also be a real drag. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922/11 "2005-03-05T15:02:06Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > (bolding mine)Wow. I think I heard you mention this in another post way back. What type of construction is it? > > Mullinator. Being big can be a real benifit. I’m 6’4" myself. But sometimes it can also be a real drag. [Here is a picture of it.](http://maverickpace.com/v-web/gallery/album07/010_10). It is wooden post and beam. The hand hewn beams are still exposed in places. Most of the house has tall ceilings (8’ to 12’). However, the kitchen had a 6’ ceiling when we bought it with some spots sagging a little lower. I am 6’1 so that was a problem. We spent a huge amount of money raising the kitchen ceiling all we could to 6’2’’ evenly in all places. It looks incredibly low in there but I am completely used to it now. Still, it is funny when 5’8’’ guys come over and duck in the kitchen. I try to be tactful in explaining that they have nothing to worry about. ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922/12 "2005-03-05T17:18:30Z")
Not counting the Doper babies, **\_dare\_devil007** is the youngest Doper I know of. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922/13 "2005-03-05T18:02:16Z")
I believe that **Hot Buttered Toast** is younger than **\_dare\_devil\_007**. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922/14 "2005-03-05T18:08:25Z")
Which doper has the longest screen name? Am I even in the running? ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922/15 "2005-03-05T20:00:53Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > I believe that **Hot Buttered Toast** is younger than **\_dare\_devil\_007**. I don’t know how old **Hot Buttered Toast** is, but I’m pretty sure **flamingbananas** is also younger than me. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2005, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-dopers/292922/16 "2005-03-05T21:15:28Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > [Here is a picture of it.](http://maverickpace.com/v-web/gallery/album07/010_10). It is wooden post and beam. The hand hewn beams are still exposed in places. Most of the house has tall ceilings (8’ to 12’). However, the kitchen had a 6’ ceiling when we bought it with some spots sagging a little lower. I am 6’1 so that was a problem. We spent a huge amount of money raising the kitchen ceiling all we could to 6’2’’ evenly in all places. It looks incredibly low in there but I am completely used to it now. Still, it is funny when 5’8’’ guys come over and duck in the kitchen. I try to be tactful in explaining that they have nothing to worry about. And, um, has it always been **hot pink?**