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Because you must exert more energy to lift your body to each higher position, than when you simply walk on a level surface.

You should also notice that you breath harder when you climb enough stairs or enough of a hill. This occurs because more oxygen needed when your body burns the energy that is stored in your muscles to do the work that is necessary to move you to each higher position.

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