Why Hiking Is a Great Litmus Test to See Where Your Relationship Stands

Here are four important lessons you can use to see if you and your partner are on the same wavelength

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I had just gotten back from a hike with my wife in Maine. It was an arduous six-hour hike up a mountain where we encountered many twists and turns along the way. It was not easy, and there was a lot of planning involved beforehand; however, knowing my wife for so many years, we knew the quirks with one another that we made the hike work.

Thinking back, I believe our hike is an excellent metaphor for how we make our relationship succeed. Sure, there were some bumps when we were hiking, but we were able to overcome them and make an ultimately tiring trip into a memorable experience that we will never forget.

Here are four lessons that allowed our hiking trip to work and how you can use them to check your relationship’s current health.

#1. Ability to compromise with one another

I have to admit, I was the one who first brought up the hiking trip to my wife. In my hiking app, the trail I initially wanted to hike up was considered very strenuous since there were iron rungs, ladders, and straight drops along the way.