Climbing a Steep Hill Easier

How important is it to have a friend next to you when you climb a steep hill? Based on research done by Simon Schnall at the University of Plymouth, UK, it makes the climb easier. The longer you have known your friend and the better the friendship, the less steep seemed the climb. Schnall found that just thinking about your friend made the hill seem up to 20 per cent gentler.

Too often we underestimate the power of friends.

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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19826604.600-friends-turn-mental-mountains-into-molehills.html