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R72 Climb

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R72, Ngqushwa Ward 6, Ngqushwa Local Municipality, Amathole District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Cat. 4

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Climb Profile

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135 m165 m195 m225 m-0.3% from 0 m to 63 m15.2% from 63 m to 126 m9.2% from 126 m to 189 m8.4% from 189 m to 301 m10.6% from 301 m to 382 m2.9% from 382 m to 450 m0.2% from 450 m to 561 m6.8% from 561 m to 754 m9.5% from 754 m to 859 m6.4% from 859 m to 971 m4.9% from 971 m to 1.1 km1.1% from 1.1 km to 1.2 km1.4% from 1.2 km to 1.3 km-0.7% from 1.3 km to 1.3 km5.3% from 1.3 km to 1.4 km7.6% from 1.4 km to 1.5 km1.9% from 1.5 km to 1.6 km2.0% from 1.6 km to 1.7 km-0.6% from 1.7 km to 1.8 km8%6%5%8%3%4%1%0 m250 m500 m750 m1 km1.3 km1.5 km1.8 km
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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 4
Distance1.84 km / 1.14 miles
Elevation gain86.8 m / 285 ft
Average gradient4.7%
Maximum gradient10.9%
Elevation high224.2 m / 736 ft
Elevation low136.4 m / 448 ft
Climb difficulty score8,680.08

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 681,421st out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 6,345th most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

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Places 486th out of 1,857 cycling climbs in Eastern Cape.

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Ranks 81st out of 198 cycling climbs in Amathole District Municipality.

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This is the second most difficult cycling climb in Ngqushwa Local Municipality.

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