I'm planning an Everesting attempt for next May and since it's my first time, I had some questions to ask those who've done it or attempted it.

Would I be best served finding a hill nearby my home that climbs around 200' in 0.4-0.5 miles or would it be worth the long journey (3.5 hour drive one way) to the mountains where I can get 1,400' of climbing in a 4 mile stretch? I had initially planned to do the drive but it's a huge investment in planning, time and money (I am imagining I'd be too exhausted to drive home afterwards so I'd have to get a hotel) so now I'm thinking to try with the much shorter hills around me.

For those of you who have tried it, would you think it'd be way too boring to do 150 repetitions of the same hill? The plus side would be that my efforts would be much shorter and easier to train for (4 minute intervals instead of 30) and coordinating would be a breeze. Buuuuuut...150 repetitions on the same hill sounds horrendous. If you did choose to go the shorter hill / high rep method, what did you do to keep your mind occupied?

As I write this, I realize that I am leaning towards the closer-to-home route as well because should I fail my attempt, I wouldn't have driven 7 hours+ out of my way to try it.

Any other tips I should be aware of during my training for the attempt and for my attempt itself?