What is a "pure climber"

[marni]

Pure slowly-wheezing-my-way-to-the-top-but-at-least-I'm-not-falling-over.

that describes me perfectly Today's climb over the Eagles Nest near Medina was 12% but it was only 3/10 of a mile of narrow hairpin turns, hit the granny gear and try to keep going fast enough to not fall over. I made it and found the downhil 12% over 1/2 mile of narrow hairpins harder and scarier.

marni