[Event] Crater 100 miler

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Event Name: Crater 100 miler
When: 06/07/2025
Where: Venterskroon Inn, Venterskroon, North West
Category: Gravel

The 100 Miler of the Vredefort Dome

The dawn spills golden light over the ancient landscape, illuminating the untamed beauty of the Vredefort Dome—Earth’s oldest and largest meteorite impact site. The gravel road beneath your tires crunches softly, winding through a terrain sculpted by forces unimaginable, where nature whispers tales of cosmic collisions and timeworn resilience.

Every pedal stroke propels you deeper into this gravel haven, a place where adventure and endurance merge into something mythical. The route unfurls like a ribbon of dust and dreams, weaving through valleys kissed by morning mist, past rugged cliffs and silent witnesses of history.

The elevation begins its subtle ascent—1755 meters of pure challenge. The inclines do not roar; they beckon with quiet power, asking for patience, perseverance, and respect. The gravel shifts under your wheels, demanding precision, rewarding tenacity. With each climb, the horizon broadens, revealing panoramas of rolling hills, ancient rock faces, and river bends that shimmer like silver veins through the earth.

At the summit of a grueling ascent, you pause. The world stretches before you, a masterpiece painted by time. The wind carries the scent of acacia, of freedom. You are not just riding—you are part of the legend woven into the gravel, part of the echoes of the meteorite that struck here over two billion years ago.

The descent is exhilarating. The bike dances over loose stone, carving its own rhythm through the dome’s raw and untamed beauty. The trail winds toward Venterskroon, where stories of riders, adventurers, and dreamers converge. The finish is not just an end—it is a baptism by gravel, a rite of passage written in dust and determination.

This is the Crater 100 Miler—an expedition where the past collides with the present, and where each rider becomes part of the legend written in stone. 

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