{"id":1052,"date":"2008-07-30T00:45:56","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T07:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=1052"},"modified":"2008-08-02T22:56:15","modified_gmt":"2008-08-03T05:56:15","slug":"corbett-kicks-butt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/07\/30\/corbett-kicks-butt\/","title":{"rendered":"sw corbett kicks (my) butt – now with photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, yesterday, returning from a ride down Barbur and out on the Springwater Corridor to the Sellwood Bridge and back, I was faced with a quandry:\u00c2\u00a0 low-angle return, or high-angle return.\u00c2\u00a0 Normally, I’d ride back over the Hawthorne Bridge, get over to Broadway, and ride back up Barbur for a steady, but low-gradient rise out of the city.\u00c2\u00a0 Instead, I chose to tackle one of my scariest challenges: Corbett Avenue.\u00c2\u00a0 I hope to add a photo of this fearsome hill tomorrow, but for today, here’s a look at the hill via my gps software (the excellent Ascent program for the Mac):<\/p>\n

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The Corbett hill is on the far right, where all the gradients are listed.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s seldom less than 10%, and peaks out at just over 16%!\u00c2\u00a0 Needless to say, it kicked my butt right good.\u00c2\u00a0 But I’ll be back, after I’ve shed some more pounds and refined my hill climbing technique.\u00c2\u00a0 Next year, it’ll just be a good section for cardio kick before I return home.<\/p>\n

Here’s the view from the bottom of Corbett, looking up (southbound):<\/p>\n

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And here’s the view looking down from about halfway:<\/div>\n
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And here’s the final pitch, close to 16% grade:<\/div>\n
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Well, yesterday, returning from a ride down Barbur and out on the Springwater Corridor to the Sellwood Bridge and back, I was faced with a quandry:\u00c2\u00a0 low-angle return, or high-angle return.\u00c2\u00a0 Normally, I’d ride back over the Hawthorne Bridge, get over to Broadway, and ride back up Barbur for a steady, but low-gradient rise out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-gY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":990,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/25\/a-nice-ride\/","url_meta":{"origin":1052,"position":0},"title":"a nice ride","author":"Charles Noble","date":"May 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"There was no denying it, Saturday was the perfect day to go for a ride. 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