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The Empire Strikes Back

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Barry Hertzog Avenue, Greenside, Johannesburg Ward 87, Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, 2001, South Africa
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Climb Profile

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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance7.76 km / 4.82 miles
Elevation gain165.4 m / 543 ft
Average gradient2.1%
Maximum gradient8.2%
Elevation high1,727.6 m / 5,668 ft
Elevation low1,562 m / 5,125 ft
Climb difficulty score16,519.22

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Climb Rank

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This climb ranks 297,625th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

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Ranked as the 2,292nd most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

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Places 174th out of 8,872 cycling climbs in Gauteng.

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Ranks 56th out of 3,287 cycling climbs in City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

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Ranking 23rd out of 978 cycling climbs in Johannesburg.

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