aaronw wrote:

My question is, knowing that
I will have frequent full power applications to climb out to higher
altitudes, 1000 - 2000 - 2500 - 3000, etc., should I lean at each
altitude, or is it better to just let it go until I have stabilized at
my cruising altitude and then lean accordingly?

I have a Maule with a Lycoming O-320. I lean whenever I can and enrichen the
mixture for climb. If I know that I'll be climbing again in a few minutes, I
don't go through the entire procedure of leaning until it stumbles and then
enrichening until it's smooth, however. I just pull the red knob back using
the TLAR ("that looks about right") method.

George Patterson
If you're not part of the solution, you can make a lot of money prolonging
the problem.