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What Causes Elevated Heart Rate While Climbing Hills?

I am a very fit 52 yer old female with a healthy BMI. I am an avid hiker and do hikes most weekends up mountains. I also train 3 nights a week up a mountain wearing a 10kg backpack. I wear a heart rate monitor and am finding my heart rate reaches 180+ when climbing these hills. My resting heart rate is 75 and when I stop for a rest my heart drops down very quickly to my resting rate. Is this normal.
Tue, 28 Feb 2017
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the oxygen level in high mountain is decrease and you hart have to pump blood against the gravity so the vital nutrient is maintained in brain and body. so there is increase heart rate when you are climbing.
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What Causes Elevated Heart Rate While Climbing Hills?

the oxygen level in high mountain is decrease and you hart have to pump blood against the gravity so the vital nutrient is maintained in brain and body. so there is increase heart rate when you are climbing.