Sentences with phrase «of steep hills in»

We have a lot of steep hills in the area and it zooms right up with ease.

There's a lot of steep hills in Fort Lee, and I never switched to Sport Mode to tackle any of them.

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In the shadow of its snow - covered mountains are hundreds of arid rocky hills, where horses and cows perch as skillfully as mountain goats upon the steep slopes where people too make their homes.

The slowly dawning process of realization that brought the neoconservatives from a to b — the discovery or in some cases perhaps rediscovery of God — was for most of us more like a long climb up a steep hill than like a flash of lightening.

His thighs, thick like trees after a summer of training that included pulling car tires up a steep hill behind Pittsburg High in 100 - degree heat, punish opposing defenders like battering rams.

The NCAA has steep penalties for what it calls a «lack of institutional control» or a «failure to monitor» for violations, but it didn't find that either of those things happened in Chapel Hill.

Lewis spent the weeks before camp lugging 45 - pound weights up steep hills in the backwoods near his Maryland home, mindful that he, of all Ravens, can't succumb to fatigue this season.

The terracing at the Manor Ground was so steep that it was nicknamed the Spion Kop by soldiers returning from the Boer War (For younger «holics, the Battle of Spion Kop was a failed British assault on Boer forces holding a hill of that name in Natal, South Africa in 1900).

Other benefits are a single, one - tap brake in the center of the rear axle and a wrist strap for extra security — a nice reassurance, especially when traversing steep hills.

Now, parents jump in to to solve the playground kerfuffle, spot with eagle eyes the dangers of tall trees and steep hills, and fail to let kids have any independence for fear they will be abducted or hit by a car.

Despite a decent base of support, Mr. Weiner still faces a steep hill to climb in recovering his good name after an infamous Twitter scandal claimed his resignation just two years ago.

The steep hills outside the small Bosnian city of Visoko have been climbed, poked, and scraped by a small army of both trained and amateur archaeologists for the past three years in a quest to reveal a 12,000 - year - old secret.

I turned to writing, and when I wasn't writing, I was repairing and maintaining a passive - solar house in the country: shoveling snow, hauling tons of firewood up a steep hill, planting a vegetable garden that didn't get enough sun, and fulfilling various back - to - nature clichés.

We tackled the shoreline at Land's End park in the rain, sprinted around the Kezar Stadium track and up its stadium steps (multiple times), powered up Filbert Street (the steepest in all of San Francisco), and down the zigzagged Lombard Street, pushed the pace on a self - powering treadmill during a HIIT workout, strode across the Golden Gate Bridge in Karl the Fog (yep, they have a name for their fog) and, finally, braved the Bernal Heights hill, which was rewarded with a breathtaking view of the San Francisco skyline.

They were on the road, living in cramped quarters with sporadic downtime and in a new city every day: in San Francisco, we ran the steep hills and stretched near the Golden Gate Bridge; at Coachella, we worked our cores in the shade of a palm tree; in Toronto, we did planks, lunges and squats in a tiny green room at Massey Hall; visiting the Ellen Show, we worked on balance and flexibility in the waiting area.

I had a great time on my bike: I made sure to stay in a low gear as to not irritate my bad knee, and so I was able to speed up some of the steeper hills past people stuck in a higher, harder gear.

In my day, to be «fit» meant one could easily walk up a long steep hill without breathing hard; it was an element of health as signified by aerobic capacity and endurance.

A couple of times a week I do some intense training for a short period of time like running up the steep hill in my backyard or the basement stairs in sets until fatigued.

I love my YSL Tributes but sometimes they are too high for certain occasions and I also have a fear of walking down steep hills in them.

February 7, 2018 • Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are living in thousands of makeshift shelters on steep, sandy hills in Bangladesh.

I suspect its diesel payoff is best appreciated in a car that's full of adults, or loaded with cargo, or climbing a steep hill — and probably all three at once.

So our TRD Pro convoy would've fit right in, but almost our entire drive day occurred off road and out of sight in Hana, where I found myself blitzing sideways around a hillside dirt «racetrack» doing my best Dukes of Maui impression; picking my way carefully through a rocky stream bed and walking down a treacherous 41 - degree pumice - stone grade (picture ascending a hill of black gravel that's too steep to walk up, and you've got it), among other hazards.

There's torque available in more or less equal measure right across the rev range, the engine will hold speed on steep hills without kicking down more than one gear and there's little in the way of obvious turbo lag.

In short, Bilster - Berg is a mini Green Hell: 2.6 miles with 19 corners, many blind and some off - camber, 200 meters of elevation change with grades as steep as 26 percent, and 44 hill crests that unload the car.

With 410 pound - feet of torque, the Sport eats even the steepest San Francisco hills for breakfast and has plenty in reserve for passing on the freeway or getting through that amber light.

It will climb boulders, cross creeks, descend breath - catching steep inclines, and follow the contours of a hill in a way that seems to defy gravity.

The Tundra does not offer a locking rear differential, but the big truck had no traction problems in our tests in which we drove a 4 - wheel - drive TRD edition up muddy embankments, crawled down steep hills and waded through several feet of water.

The 20 - horsepower boost, to 225, in the 3.8 - liter engine comes in handy on occasion - such as when you're merging into traffic, moving into the passing lane, or simply pulling four adults and a trunk full of luggage up a steep hills.

You put a lot of faith in a pickup truck when you're pointed nose - first down a steep hill made of wet, volcanic pumice, the Earth eroding rapidly underneath your knobby off - road tires.

Because of the electric assist, all 123 pound - feet of twist is available early in the power band (1,000 rpm) and made short work of steep - hill starts.

In one test, I drove up one of San Francisco's steeper hills, a 20 - plus percent grade, and didn't feel excessive lift off the front wheels, while the Ioniq Electric powered upward without complaint.

In addition, standard Hill Start Assist helps prevent loss of control when starting and driving away on a steep incline (both 4WD and 2WD models), while standard Hill Descent Control (4WD only) helps by adjusting speed and brake pressure when traveling slowly down steep, rough terrain grades.

Our tester came in a bit lower, as it was faced a combination of crushing holiday traffic, San Francisco's steep hills and my own insistence on milking Sport mode for all its worth, and so the trip computer pegged my miles per gallon in the upper teens.

Part of our time spent was in Seattle where we logged 63 miles with its steep hills and often narrow streets.

Testing locations range from below sea level to more than 10,000 feet in elevation, and the vehicles are subjected to every form of off - road condition, including deep sand, rocky trails, off - camber loose dirt hill climbs, rockcrawling, steep descents, near - vertical climbs, snow, water fording, and more.

The sale includes steep markdowns on two of the most acclaimed books of the year, Rep. John Lewis's March, the first volume of his memoir of the Civil Rights movement, and Rob Harrell's Monster on the Hill, an all - ages tale (set in a delightful alternate Victorian England) of a monster who can't quite sum up the energy to be scary any more.

We even live on one of those iconic San Francisco street (a hill with a 17 % grade that doesn't even make it into the top ten of most steep streets in the city).

This is one of those rare places with» viewpoint» in the name that actually delivers — it's high up on a steep hill and the 180 - degree view of the ocean from the balconies goes on forever.

Today we walk in the direction of Castelo as well, but this time Alfama, on a steep hill between the castle and the Tagus, is our goal.

Climb Malabar Hill, where one of the world's largest colonies of red - tailed tropicbirds shelter in the steep cliffs that drop to the sea.

At the top of a steep hill, our guide parked her car in front of the towering exterior walls of the Rocca D' Olgisio.

There the cinnamon grows on the steep slopes of a high hill in this cinnamon heartland.

From here, you can head over to Lombard Street, billed as the crookedest street in the world, to see this beautifully landscaped residential street in a series of extreme s - curves following the steep hill seemingly straight up.

Situated on a steep hill in the middle of the jungle, Woodlawn Villas is a small, family run resort currently offering three 36m ² Garden Villas built on stilts, two 70m ² Garden Suites and one large 240m ² Twilight 3 - bedroom Villa, each overlooking the lush vegetation and a swimming pool.

A three - night stay would give you a second full day, allowing more time to do additional hikes, see more of the Park, or, perhaps, Hilo town and the waterfalls along the Hāmākua Coast, or the Ka «ū District, with its black and green sand beaches and coffee farms, or lower Puna, the main town in which, Pāhala, mostly avoided being run over by lava flows from Kīlauea's East Rift Zone (ERZ) vent, Pu`u «Ō «ō, in 2014; currently, the ERZ flows are approachable from the unpaved emergency road, on rented bicycles, then, by hiking up the pali («steep hill» in Hawaiian).

Cable Cars - Indulge in the classic fantasy of hanging off the side while cruising down an impossibly steep hill.

When we weren't touring, we were out walking in Antigua (day or night, always beautiful), taking the tuc - tucs up the steep hill to the town of Santa Cruz la Laguna to explore or enjoy a meal at the culinary school, hanging out by the dock and watching people come and go, or enjoying yet another meal of wonderful Guatemalan cuisine.

The Moors created a labyrinth of narrow cobblestone streets that wind their way up a steep hill overlooking the Rio Tejo and it still feels like stepping back in time.

Adventurous backpackers should also challenge themselves to hike the snow capped Fox and Franz Josef glaciers, bungee jump from the AJ Hackett site — the world's first bungee spot, go kayaking on the Nelson Lakes, Zorb down steep hills, surf on the waves at Wainui beach, or spend a day or two exploring the sets of Lord of the Rings in Wellington.

The only thing I would say is the resort was very hilly, it makes it a beautiful setting and views where the hotel sits in the side of the hill / mountain but I would not recommend it for elderly guests as it is very steep and difficult to walk around.