Originally Posted by swissycle

Wow, a climb that long would certainly require physical and mental stamina in equal measure!

Good point about mashing. If a geared rider who prefers spinning “mashes out” in the lowest gear, then that gearing would probably feel worse than a single higher gear does to someone who expects to mash.

I run 60/22 (about 73 g.i.) on my road bike, by the way, so happily mashing away in the hills!