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Bliksem

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A3786, eThekwini Ward 2, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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Climb Profile

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305 m390 m480 m565 m11.1% from 0 m to 2 m11.1% from 2 m to 5 m15.8% from 5 m to 9 m21.1% from 9 m to 11 m15.0% from 11 m to 15 m14.6% from 15 m to 19 m16.9% from 19 m to 25 m10.0% from 25 m to 27 m21.1% from 27 m to 33 m16.9% from 33 m to 39 m17.2% from 39 m to 45 m10.5% from 45 m to 46 m16.9% from 46 m to 52 m21.8% from 52 m to 58 m15.8% from 58 m to 62 m20.0% from 62 m to 64 m16.9% from 64 m to 71 m18.5% from 71 m to 76 m18.5% from 76 m to 82 m22.6% from 82 m to 87 m17.1% from 87 m to 90 m10.3% from 90 m to 94 m20.3% from 94 m to 100 m19.5% from 100 m to 104 m17.4% from 104 m to 107 m6.2% from 107 m to 123 m6.5% from 123 m to 126 m3.8% from 126 m to 147 m7.4% from 147 m to 150 m7.8% from 150 m to 160 m13.0% from 160 m to 169 m9.5% from 169 m to 171 m16.1% from 171 m to 177 m16.9% from 177 m to 183 m16.2% from 183 m to 187 m21.6% from 187 m to 191 m17.1% from 191 m to 194 m18.8% from 194 m to 197 m20.8% from 197 m to 202 m28.6% from 202 m to 205 m23.5% from 205 m to 207 m20.0% from 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Climb Stats

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Climb categoryCategory 3
Distance2.44 km / 1.51 miles
Elevation gain257.4 m / 844 ft
Average gradient10.6%
Maximum gradient22.4%
Elevation high565 m / 1,854 ft
Elevation low307.6 m / 1,009 ft
Climb difficulty score25,737.95

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Climb Rank

How does this climb compare against every other climb in the world?

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This climb ranks 152,440th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs.

🧮

Ranked as the 957th most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa.

📉

Places 154th out of 3,431 cycling climbs in KwaZulu-Natal.

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Ranks 25th out of 1,189 cycling climbs in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality.

🏵️

A local climb of note, this is the 4th most difficult cycling climb (out of 12 climbs) in eThekwini Ward 2.

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