I live at the top of a 2.25 mile climb with an average 5.3% grade, but it actually has a couple sections of 0.25mi at 8 - 9 % grade.
I did a fixed century with 6500' of climbing last year. There are guys in my rando club who ride 1200k with over 25,000' of gain in under 90 hours.
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