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by dieselgate 816 days ago
Mt Whitney isn’t very tall by global standards but is one that may fit the description
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While slightly taller, around 200 meters or 650ish feet higher than Mauna Kea, Google Maps says it takes 94 hours to walk from Morrow Beach (closest I could find) to the top of Mt Whitney, compared to just 23 hours from Waikōloa Beach to the top of Mauna Kea.

So in that regard I kinda feel Mauna Kea has an upper hand still. But good suggestion, it is technically higher.

Death Valley is 282 feet below sea level and the aforementioned 135 miles from Mt. Whitney (Portal, then 11 miles to the summit).
Ah had somehow never picked up that death valley is below sea level. Good contender then!