Columbus Ascent
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Climb Stats
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| Climb category | Uncategorised |
| Distance | 0.76 km / 0.47 miles |
| Elevation gain | 29 m / 95 ft |
| Average gradient | 3.8% |
| Maximum gradient | 11.5% |
| Elevation high | 2,001 m / 6,565 ft |
| Elevation low | 1,969.3 m / 6,461 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 2,899.02 |
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Climb Rank
How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?
🗺 This climb ranks 1,564,449th out of 2,710,648 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 552nd most difficult cycling climb of all 953 climbs in Kenya. |
📉 Places 176th out of 241 cycling climbs in Kiambu. |
⚖ Ranks 12th out of 24 cycling climbs in Kikuyu. |
🏵️ A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 8 climbs) in Nachu ward. |
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