The first hill-climb event was at Chanteloup-les-Vignes, near Paris, on, organised by Paul Meyan, editor-in-chief of La France Automobile magazine and also the organiser, just a few months later, of the first Land Speed Record competition. Hill-climbing and mountain-climbing are in many ways the same and in many ways quite different. In central Europe, especially in and around the Alps, events were much longer and ran up a mountain. ![]() In the north of Europe, and in the lower countries, events tended to be quite short and on a hilly road. Because of the varying topology available in European countries, two quite distinct traditions evolved which will be joined together on these pages in a way that some readers may find unsatisfactory. ![]() ![]() Almost as soon as the car was invented, somebody thought it would be a good idea to see how fast it could get up a hill.
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