Omblos Hill Climb
The Omplos hill climb was an automobile uphill racing competition that was held from 1999 until 2006 on mount Omplos, 8 km southeast of downtown Patras. It was organized by the Patras Automobilist Club (AOP) and the youth and sport organization of the Municipality of Messatida, Achaea. With 3.2 km total length it was the fifth round of the Greek Hill Climb Championship. The event replaced Pititsa hill climb due to problems on its roads; the problems were solved and the hill climb returned at Pititsa.
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Famous quotes containing the words hill and/or climb:
“Let go thy hold when a great wheel runs down a hill lest it break thy neck with following; but the great one that goes upward, let him draw thee after.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The tops of mountains are among the unfinished parts of the globe, whither it is a slight insult to the gods to climb and pry into their secrets, and try their effect on our humanity. Only daring and insolent men, perchance, go there. Simple races, as savages, do not climb mountains,—their tops are sacred and mysterious tracts never visited by them. Pomola is always angry with those who climb the summit of Ktaadn.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)