The Mother
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| Climb category | Category 3 |
| Distance | 2.01 km / 1.25 miles |
| Elevation gain | 196 m / 643 ft |
| Average gradient | 9.7% |
| Maximum gradient | 20% |
| Elevation high | 537.6 m / 1,764 ft |
| Elevation low | 341 m / 1,119 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 19,591.04 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 233,280th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 1,691st most difficult cycling climb of all 26,629 climbs in South Africa. |
📉 Places 269th out of 3,431 cycling climbs in KwaZulu-Natal. |
⚖ Ranks 47th out of 1,189 cycling climbs in eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. |
🏵️ A local climb of note, this is the 6th most difficult cycling climb (out of 50 climbs) in eThekwini Ward 7. |
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