https://www.pitara.com/tags/walking-uphill/Recent content in Walking Uphill on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/why-is-it-harder-to-walk-uphill/Sat, 25 Nov 2000 01:07:23 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/why-is-it-harder-to-walk-uphill/<p>Raju heard the familiar cry of the ice-cream seller reach his ears, clear as a bell, even from his fourth floor apartment. He flew out of the flat and bounded down the stairs four steps at a time. The lift being under temporary repair, he had to take the stairs. He arrived downstairs a little breathless, and extremely impatient to have his ice-cream.</p> <p>After buying it, he decided to rush home so he could eat it in peace. The climbing upstairs bit was a pain though. It always was. He had barely gone one flight of stairs when his knees began to hurt, and he felt majorly out of breath.</p>