Climbing is a power-to-weight activity. World class climbers generally have less than 2 pounds of body weight per inch of height. (For example, if you’re 70 inches tall (5-foot- 10), you would weigh less than 140 pounds.) Since achieving this weight is difficult for most of us, here are a few tips for hill climbing. If you’d like to learn a little more about the energy requirements of climbing, go to Effects of a hill on Energy Needs for Cycling. If hills intimidate you, or are your weak link, take it easy. Go 5-10% easier than you think you can asss you get into the climb. Conserve. You can always pick it up later.

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