Originally Posted by
patentcad
It's really not so easy in my experience. Easier if there's some 2000+ vertical foot mountain pass near you of course. Harder if you have to accumulate the vertical on hills that gain less than 600 feet or so, which is typical around here, there aren't so many long climbs.
You should come to Seattle some time. The one that used to be my weekly around-town ride is 2,500+ feet in 35 miles, and that's without seeking the hills out, just trying to get to some place on the other side of them.