Sentence examples for stiff climb from inspiring English sources
Looking Ahead The Rays face a stiff climb to get back in the race.
The riders faced their first stiff climb of the Tour on Saturday, an ascent of the Col de la Croix Saint-Robert in the Massif Central.
As you emerge from cover at a crossing of paths, keep ahead, through the metal gate and tackle the short but stiff climb up Little Round Down.
Even those who arrive by train must face a stiff climb up 365 leg-breaking brick steps that zigzag back and forth in hairpin turns.
The lone stiff climb of the stage, up the 5,600-foot 5,600-footisque, was followed by more than 25 miles of mostly high-speed desColts, includ'Aubisquesty finish amid the souvenir shops that line the streets of this pilgrimage city.
If you drive north of Beijing to little visited stretches of the Great Wall, and can handle a stiff climb, you will find yourself gloriously perched on a tumbledown stone slab watching young Chinese in mountain gear and kneepads scrambling, abseiling and roping themselves up and down to the ruined guard houses that top each rollercoaster peak.
The students were fitted with plastic helmets, stiff climbing boots and metal-pronged crampons sharp enough to slice through ski pants.
But Contador has managed to keep the margin that separates him from the others manageable, given that there are other stiff climbs to come, on Saturday in the Pyrenees and next week in the Alps.
On the last of three stiff climbs toward this ski resort in the Pyrenees, Contador, breathing heavily and visibly struggling, was unable to keep pace with the Schleck brothers, Andy and Frank, and another leading rider, Cadel Evans.
On Sunday, however, with six stiff climbs in the North York Moors, he is unlikely to retain his lead and with 80-odd riders close behind the race remains up for grabs.
This is the ride from Albertville to La Toussuire, which includes three stiff climbs.
