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The future burnley? Wednesday, 19 January 2005 At 2:18:43 PM FatBoy

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On 19/01/2005 dalai wrote:
>As Cheesehead has answered correctly - 4.8% means for every 100 metres
>traveled horizontal distance, vertical rise is on average 4.8 metres. 4.8%
>is a good training angle.
Nearly ... it's actually 4.8 metres vertical per 100 metres along the road (not horizontal) - almost the same at small percentages, but the difference gets significant over 15% ... For reference, 4.8% is pleasant climbing on a bike, 10% is not, 15% is ugly and is about as much as most people can climb on a conventional road bike without falling off.

Dalai, you should include Bluestone in your guide - even it is only the main walls of Richmond, Heidelberg Road and maybe the Highpoint one, listing a couple of eliminates. The fact that it's not natural is immaterial - the reality is that for many it forms a significant part of non-gym climbing.