I'm positive I suck more at hills than you! (Just search for my ride report called "Unto These Hills" if you want proof...)

When I'm in serious hills, like mountains, I've found that A. the more just plain riding time and distance I have put in, the more endurance I have for hill climbing, and B. it's ok to stop for a minute, catch your breath, then continue on riding if you don't want to give in and walk. It takes a _very_ short time to recover. If you have a hard time starting up again, if the hill is steep- plan ahead- watch for a driveway or something to stop in that will let you start off horizontally or even slightly down hill.

It gets better with time-

I have a HORRIBLE time in the morning when the humidity is high- it's hard for me to breathe.

Something else that helps, and it's hard to do, is ride your own hill- don't pay attention to how fast everyone else can go. If you try to keep up at a pace harder than you can handle, you won't last as long as if you'd stuck to a slow but comfortable pace.

Something else that helps is only look at the foot or so of ground in front of your wheel. That way you can't see how much further it is, and can't see the incline! This works great for me.

Oh- I have a triple, and before Six Gap, my mechanic put on a better hill-climbing cassette for me. I think it helped some.

Good luck...

Nanci