Calories Burned Rock Climbing

Calories burned rock climbing calculates calories burned based on rock climbing ascending or repelling, time, and weight.

There are two kinds of rock climbing, ascending and repelling, repelling requests with less energy than ascending rock.

Therefore, ascending rock climbing has a MET value of 11,
while repelling has a MET value of 8.

How to Calculate Rock Climbing Calories Burned

To calculate calories burned while rock climbing, use the following formula:
MET x Body Weight x 3.5 / 200 x time, where
Body weight unit = kg
Time unit = minutes

Example
For example, if a person weighs about 140 pounds(63.5 kg) and climbs ascending rock for one hour.
The calculation is:
11 x 63.5 kg x 3.5 / 200 x 60 minutes = 733 kcal.

Rock climbing MET resource: https://community.plu.edu/~chasega/met.html