I ride up this hill EVERY FRIGGIN DAY. There's the rub. No matter how tired I am, how many miles are in my legs, how bad the weather is (including snow), etc. THAT is what makes it Mt. Doom. Small hills get much larger at the END of a long hard ride. The other part is that when I get down to 3 miles, 2 miles, to go, it never seems that short, because the last mile is always this ball busting little hill. Doesn't bother me as much as it used to. After 1500+ reps, you start to get used to it. But it really never is an easy hill.