Steepest Street

I found this piece on the steepest blocks in San Francisco over at Streetsblog SF. I spent the last six weeks of 2008 at the top of the Church & 22nd Street block mentioned in the post and some of the comments. It is not uncommon to hear "Oh, shit!" from unknowing automobile drivers cresting the hill. Predictably popular with boot camp sergeants putting their grunts through morning drills, this block is, sadly, also the site of not a few scooter accidents.

I have many photos taken from atop the hill, but none of the hill itself, so I'm attaching a random shot I found on the web.