hill climb
noun
: a road race for automobiles or motorcycles in which competitors are individually timed up a hill
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The brand’s vehicles completed 32 successful hill climbs.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 July 2023
Roll is merely in his sixties, and declares his youth by pre-riding many of the hill climbs on the morning of the stage, the better to describe the pain the racers are about to endure.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 July 2023
The ride began with a 30-second-long hill climb up 203 terrifying feet, followed by four seconds of free fall.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
The concept also has a new power-regen system that boosts efficiency, as well as a new hill climb mode that makes conquering rough terrain even easier.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2023
The inverter was struggling, and the TesTen couldn’t make it up the first sandy hill climb.
—Emme Hall, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2023
Drivers battle the open desert full of whoops, soft sand, and steep hill climbs that challenge even the quickest of cars.
—Emme Hall, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2023
The first stage was a time trial at Moose Run on June 14, the second was a hill climb on Potter Drive on June 16, the third was a criterium race at Gruening Middle School on the June 21, and the final stage was a road race on Ruff Road on JBER on June 23.
—Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2022
Built Wild's climax was a 38-degree hill climb and descent over a 22-foot-high steel hillock.
—Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2021
Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 July 2023
Roll is merely in his sixties, and declares his youth by pre-riding many of the hill climbs on the morning of the stage, the better to describe the pain the racers are about to endure.
—Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 July 2023
The ride began with a 30-second-long hill climb up 203 terrifying feet, followed by four seconds of free fall.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
The concept also has a new power-regen system that boosts efficiency, as well as a new hill climb mode that makes conquering rough terrain even easier.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2023
The inverter was struggling, and the TesTen couldn’t make it up the first sandy hill climb.
—Emme Hall, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2023
Drivers battle the open desert full of whoops, soft sand, and steep hill climbs that challenge even the quickest of cars.
—Emme Hall, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2023
The first stage was a time trial at Moose Run on June 14, the second was a hill climb on Potter Drive on June 16, the third was a criterium race at Gruening Middle School on the June 21, and the final stage was a road race on Ruff Road on JBER on June 23.
—Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2022
Built Wild's climax was a 38-degree hill climb and descent over a 22-foot-high steel hillock.
—Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2021
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“Hill climb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hill%20climb. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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