The idea for an archive of information dedicated to the topic of height evolved as the Internet developed into the World Wide Web. Because I’m 6ft11 I have always had to make due with limited options. Whenever I met other tall people in the hope of expanding those options, invariably the topic would turn to retailers that stocked tall-sized clothes or large-sized shoes.

I was never wide enough to shop at the Big & Tall stores so I’ve always had to be a bit more resourceful. Catalog shopping filled the gaps when a trip to the mall left me lacking. I’ve always enjoyed computers and technology and because I lived in San Francisco I met people who introduced me to the Internet in the early 90′s. I’ve never been a programmer though I keep threatening to take a course or finish a book of tutorials one of these days – but I did get an email address in 1991 and traded info on a few BBS sites in the early days of the net.

When the Web hit the scene it was hard to see how much it would improve my life as a tall man. Once the Web became more commercialized with secure places to shop, it began to augment or replace catalog shopping for me. It just seemed natural that I continue the tall shopping conversations online.

When it started in 1997, The Height Site was basically a one-page link repository on another URL – just one page of a 3 or 4 page personal site. Over the years I’ve had friends and acquaintances pitch-in with suggestions, articles, links and moral support. This is still an all volunteer project and I’ve written all of the material that appears here, unless otherwise indicated.

This current incarnation of The Height Site that you see today has a more general lifestyle focus – it’s equal parts Web Portal, eZine, and community directory. I hope you find it as useful as I do.

Sincerely,

Quartknee
Height Site Administrator

We check all the links before they’re added to this Site, but the Internet is ever changing and pages get moved or removed periodically. We do our best to ‘reprint’ some articles on our own pages, but due to byzantine copyright restrictions, that may not be possible for every article. If you’ve found an outgoing link on the Height Site that no longer works, please Contact Us with the URL where you found it as well as any additional context for the dead link so we can update our site. Thanks.