Running The Steepest Street in Los Angeles

[StairClimbLunatic]

@runningraw - I think I might finally attempt to run this soon, especially since I've been running a fair amount of late.......

[crimsonmonieful]

The woman that you're with sounds sexy Tim!

[ghfakar]

Nope, Vista Ca has a short street, not long about 1/8 mile with more than 33% grade. Used to bike up it with a 10 speed in 5th gear and tried in 10th, no luck. But I had to usually zig zag my way up it. The car would slow down noticeably. This guy must be a puss. Like most of you liberal pussies. You work out, I simply work. And muscles form. Cause you fat assed fucking liberals are all little punk asses. Heheheheha. Yeah! I 'm hearin' the comments. Yeah, I just made it up, yeah, okay.SURE.

[MELLOWJUDITH]

FARGO STREET in silverlake. EARL street in silverlake...extreme. FARGO street (see videos)

[NightSociety]

LA & other may claim to be steeper, but I think SF is the scariest b/c of high traffic and peds very challenge driving especially if a stick shift.

[Nscalemike]

Micheltorena St. in the Silverlake area of LA is fairly steep....wonder what the grade there is.

[arklat]

I went up a very steep street in San Diego, but I can't remember where it is. It is up behind the Saw Dust Festival, and goes up to a ridge. I think it's steeper than Fargo. Anyone know the hill I'm talking about?

[ttt8699]

Try it on a unicycle! and it's 33% *grade*, not degrees.

[genx1973]

Oh yeah the area went down hill big time. So you lived on gate street did you know someone by the name of lorena who lived on the same street.

[genx1973]

There is a much steeper looking hill In Lincoln heights next to Lincoln high school

[sjdrifter72]

@genx1973 Yup. you're absolutely right. On Thomas St. just north of Broadway. I lived on Thomas and went to Lincoln H.S. I was so afraid of that steep hill that when I was little I would not walk it up without my dad going with me. And no way in hell would i drive a vehicle up or down it. Imagine if your car broke down and the parking brake wouldn't work while on it? Would be the stuff of nightmares believe me.

[genx1973]

@sjdrifter72

Yup i was about to return a mustang because the deal didnt go thru so i asked my girlfriend if you want to drive up that hill before i return it to the deal and she said yes so i drove up that hill and it felt like the car was going to flip upside down while i was going up that hill. I think that will be the last time i will attempt to drive up that darn hill.

[sjdrifter72]

@genx1973 LoL , yeah. ah Lincoln Heights.... what has become of it. I lived on Thomas St. 2 blocks south of Gates Street School from 1973 when I was 1 year old and lived there until 1998, when I moved out of state. The neighborhood has changed and not for the better. I missed the way it was when I was a kid in the 70's and early 80's before it rapidly deteriorated.

[Gladiator0719]

Baxster?

[StevenShields29]

check out his profile at 1:49 when he turns to his left. oy, that's a nose!

[colinprprpr]

where are the houses on the left?

[cloakster]

Actually Tim, in your info for the vid, you're wrong SF actually DOES have the steepest street in the country, tied with Pittsburgh's Canton Street. The name of the street in SF is Prentiss.

Everyone cites Filbert as being the steepest in SF, but it's not. And both Prentiss and Canton are steeper than the self-proclaimed 'Steepest Street in the World', Baldwin Street in New Zealand.

Btw, in the vid, you also confuse % grade with degrees in a couple of places. '33.3 degrees' would be 55% grade

[Flashback50s]

Eldred St in Highland Park is steeper

[Xomanowar99]

Tryed going up that street with a fedex truck when I worked for fedex. I couldn't wheels started spinning. I got scared, so backed down the hill.

[Davie1954]

I am very happy that these streets were not on my paper routes over the years that I was a paperboy--1964-1971. I thought that Lilac Lane and Luton Drive in Glendale, California were the worst streets for steepness.  When I see steep streets I remember delivering the Glendale Ledger.

[HighSierraBob]

If you can run up the entire length of Fargo Street without stopping... YOU ARE THE MAN!!!

[kennysdead500]

LOL i thought of rocky while u ran lol

[ERNIEMAC2]

In Australia, we call people like you "bludgers". Go get a REAL job !

[ERNIEMAC2]

Sorry Tim, not at all impressed. I use to climb MOUNTAINS at aged 60 just eating a "standaed" diet.

Now go and have a good grilled steak and try some REAL hills !

[TimpBizkit]

I dare them to coast the car down, cross the road and go up the other side

[mabanham]

should have oiled the underside of his toes on his trainers so he landed on s face :P

[oldscut80]

i wanna bomb that hill on my longboard

[colinprprpr]

@oldscut80 haha great joke.

[Dbro88911]

too bad you don't live in san fransisco...

[TheVacuumCleaner]

Prefontaine warmed up on this hill before a track meet.

[CE818]

you wanna win a race? train up at castaic lake area! off the 5 north fwy! near magic mountain.

[bullw]

2:40 when she says, "just go" in an

annoyed voice...LOL that cracked me up...

[mijoru]

cool video! what neighborhood is fargo in?

[mijoru]

jk... its right next to baxter in silverlake. haha