The 9 activities below are based on the general description of Climbing and the associated calories burned. Each Climbing activity can be scaled by duration and your weight, using our free calculator, to give a personalised estimate to answer the question how many calories burned while Climbing.

The climbing calories are given for a range of activities from fire fighter, climbing ladder with full gear to hiking or climbing hills carrying 0 to 9 pounds. The burnt calories will be based mainly on your weight, the intensity of your activity and the duration of the activity, which in this case is climbing.

Based on the the list of climbing activities, shown below, the average calories burned for an average male, weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) is 742 Calories for one hour of climbing. The average burnt for an average female, weighing 163 pounds (74 kg) is 637 Calories for one hour of climbing.

The mean calories burned per minute of climbing, based on the list of 9 activities, shown below, for an average male, weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) is 12 Calories per minute. The average burnt climbing per minute for an average female, weighing 163 pounds (74 kg) is 11 Calories per minute.

From our list of climbing activities, the highest number of calories burned for an average person is achieved by fire fighter, climbing ladder with full gear. For this activity in one hour an average man burns 948 Calories while an average woman in one hour burns 813 Calories.

The climbing activity with the lowest calories burnt is hiking or climbing hills carrying 0 to 9 pounds, which for an average man in one hour burns 603 Calories, and for an average woman burns 518 Calories.

As previously mentioned the burnt calories will be based mainly on your weight, the intensity of your activity, in this case climbing, and how long you are doing climbing. To personalise the burned calories, click on one of the climbing activities and select your weight and duration to find out how many calories are burned while Climbing.





Climbing Calculator - per hour Calories Burned

fire fighter, climbing ladder with full gear - calories burned  Man=948 kcal, Woman=813 kcal.
hiking or climbing hills carrying 0 to 9 pounds - calories burned  Man=603 kcal, Woman=518 kcal.
hiking or climbing hills carrying 10 to 20 pounds - calories burned  Man=646 kcal, Woman=555 kcal.
hiking or climbing hills carrying 21 to 42 pounds - calories burned  Man=689 kcal, Woman=591 kcal.
hiking or climbing hills carrying more than 42 pounds - calories burned  Man=776 kcal, Woman=665 kcal.
rock climbing, ascending rock - calories burned  Man=948 kcal, Woman=813 kcal.
rock climbing, rappelling - calories burned  Man=689 kcal, Woman=591 kcal.
rock or mountain climbing - calories burned  Man=689 kcal, Woman=591 kcal.
walking, upstairs or climbing up a ladder - calories burned  Man=689 kcal, Woman=591 kcal.




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