Low-Key HillClimb Series:
Week #8 - Bohlman Road - On Orbit Lane - Bohlman Road; 22 Nov 1997

Results

Overview Numbers. They are abstract. One.... two..... eight. What do they mean? 9.1% over 7 km. Just numbers. There are so many. Too many. What do they mean? 12.5% over 3 km. Numbers. On a page. In a book. On a screen. They are everywhere. What do they mean? 13.2% over 2 km. ...the first thing we see in the morning, the last thing we see at night... What do they mean? 14.2% over 1 km. Digits... figures.... data.... code. What do they mean? 15.9% over 500 m. 28. 24. 21. Can you grasp them? Do you understand...? What do they mean? 21.8% over 200 m. ...indistinguishable...inpenetrable...incomprehensible. What do they mean? 24% peak. 24%. What does it mean? Find out. Feel the numbers. Feel the pain.

The Details

Distance:	4.39 miles (7.11 km)
Climbing:	2100 feet (640 m)
Mean Grade:	9.1%
Steepest Kilometer:	14.2% (km 2.74 to 3.78)
Steepest 500 meters:	15.9% (km 3.33 to 3.86)
Shallowest Kilometer:	1.64% (km 6.01 to 7.04)
Shallowest 500 meters:	0.33% (km 4.60 to 5.10)
Also Used:	1995 week 9 (w/o On Orbit Lane) 1996 week 6
Format:	mass start
Start:	At the intersection of Sixth Street and Bohlman in Saratoga, one block south of Highway 9, next to the cemetary
Directions:	Check out the interactive Yahoo map!
Finish:	Top of Bohlman, near the dirt road to Montevena
Reg Time:	10:00 am to 10:20 am
Start Time:	10:30 am
Fee:	$5 per entry, under 18 or over 65 free!, plus name of next of kin
Weather:	Click here for local forecasts
Map:	Click on map for expanded view
Profile:	Click on profile for Lucas Pereira's Bohlman & On Orbit page.

All data taken from Lucas Pereira

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