Hicken's Handwave
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Climb Stats
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| Climb category | Category 4 |
| Distance | 11.6 km / 7.21 miles |
| Elevation gain | 151.2 m / 496 ft |
| Average gradient | 1.3% |
| Maximum gradient | 17.3% |
| Elevation high | 242 m / 794 ft |
| Elevation low | 28 m / 92 ft |
| Climb difficulty score | 15,079.09 |
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Climb Rank
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🗺 This climb ranks 336,807th out of 2,710,652 worldwide cycling climbs. |
🧮 Ranked as the 18,842nd most difficult cycling climb of all 332,744 climbs in United Kingdom. |
📉 Places 12,390th out of 268,497 cycling climbs in England. |
⚖ Ranks 80th out of 3,322 cycling climbs in Leeds. |
⚖ Ranking 58th out of 220 cycling climbs in Otley. |
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