My house is a 30 minute walk from work and pretty much all uphill. I had trouble even walking that without being left breathless at the end when I first started walking hom. But now i'm planning on riding that someday. At the moment, I'm in the progress of gathering enough bits and pieces to build up my hardtail as a light-ish xc bike that I will be able to ride to and from work with. I stole all the bits off my HT frame last year to put onto my Santa Cruz Heckler, which is too heavy to push uphills, and I wouldn't want to leave that chained up around town aswell, as SC's aren't very common down here in NZ.

Sooo.. once the HT is built back up (i've got some Skarebs coming in the mail.. next stop: wheels..), then i'll have some horrible hillclimbing stories for you.