Torrilin, Torrilin, Torrilin...what am I going to do to convince you that not all of Wisconsin is flat!?!?!?!?!? Where are you located? Perhaps I can help you find a real hill?

Even with the fancy gadgets, getting a good measure on a hill is hard. A good lock on my GPS and all measurements are still +/- 15m. I've gotten pretty good at doing running averages when I'm going up hills, ignoring those first glimpses of 10-12% unless I see a lot in that range. I have a hill that I can see several spikes into th high teens, but it averages out to only 12%.

In Italy we saw some really steep grades...going into one of the hill towns was a 25% grade. Quite a bit longer than your road, Mr. Silver, but I will admit I didn't make it up the hill...oh, it wasn't that I ran out of oomph...oh, no...it was because I was moving so slowly the horse parade caught up and I had to pull off, of course Seriously, there was a horse parade, but, ok, I really wasn't going any farther. 25% is really steep--I'm impressed you can get up that hill.

Oh, and I agree with Eden--all inclines start to look the same. I have some 4% grades nearby that look almost flat, but in Italy, after climbing for an hour, I was convinced the road was going downhill, but I looked at the GPS and it said a steady 4%. It is just a matter of perspective.