The counterbalanced cars, controlled by cables, travel a 33 percent grade for 315 feet.
He said he had been prepared for the steep hills that followed the 50-mile mark of the race, a 13 percent grade.
It was rated for 475 trailing tons on a 3 percent grade.
It's a mile long with about a 7 percent grade.
He received an 80 percent grade for his votes in the 110th Congress.
In this case that meant a climb of 11.6 kilometers (7 miles) up a 6.9 percent grade.
"You think he's ready for a one-lane gravel road with a twenty percent grade?"
Last May, she reported receiving a 99 percent grade on her poetry mid-term examination.
One zip line cruises 800 feet with an 8 percent grade.
Other parts of the mountain have a steep, 30 percent grade.
