Just for fun Climbed 1 killer hill yesterdat that I have never made it up. We had no reason to climb it other than it was there - it wasn't on our route. My RP looked at it and said "sure - it doesn't look that hard" , RP has never tried it. I went down the road a ways so I could get a straight shot at it and gear down before hitting it.

It isn't a long hill but it is STEEP - I have no idea what the grade or length is.

Shift down, shift down, shift down oops no more gears. Pedal, 1,2,3...20, pedal, 1,2,3...20 so on and so on. REALLY glad I was clipless! Pull up, around, down, just like doing leg presses - not much further, Breathe, breathe, breathe, try to breathe, try to breathe oops asthma kicking in. TA DA at the top! cough, cough, cough, gasp, gasp, gasp big Grin

My speed dropped to 4.7 mph - the slowest I have EVER gone up a hill - but I MADE IT!

Riding partner asked "are you trying to KILL me? - I kept waiting for you to quit and you DIDN'T so then I couldn't either. If you could do it I HAD to do it"
(Can you guess - He's male