I live at the top of a 625' hill and there's a number of ways I can get home. The longest and shallowest climb is 3 miles. Then there is a 2.25 mile hill, a 1.25 mile hill, a 0.8 mile hill, or the grand-daddy of them all... 14.7% grade for 0.5 miles.
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