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IIRC, Fausto Coppi said that when climbing one's hands should be a light on the bars as a pianist's on the keys.
None of us are close to his level of course, but I do find that on hard climbs, thinking explicitly of relaxing the arms and upper body helps one concentrate the energy where it will do the most good. Thus, one really shouldn't need all that much leverage, and looking at say Wee Bert he certainly doesn't seem to be wrenching at the bars when climbing.