The Dawn Wall · 2017 — 第 18 / 24 章 · 4'31" · B2

Tommy Climbs in a Circle, Explained:wears you down

Kevin is stuck on pitch 15, falling again and again while the sharp holds strip the skin from his fingers. Tommy cannot wait forever, so he invents an absurd detour: climb a 200-foot circle around the Dyno, then add the world's hardest down climb. "Really?" is the natural response.

あらすじ

Kevin gets pinned on pitch 15. Every fall costs him skin and energy, and after three days the fingers are wrecked. With Tommy unable to wait indefinitely on the wall, the pair hatch a bizarre plan: rather than force the Dyno move, Tommy will climb a huge circle around it, adding a punishing down climb to connect the route.

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このシーンの表現

wears you down

gradually exhausts you

The narration lists the wall's hardships and says they slowly grind a person down.

The constant noise wears you down after a while.

このシーンの他の表現

  • fucker

    a strong insult

  • wear off

    rub away gradually

  • run out of

    use up completely

  • fall apart

    break down

  • lose hope

    stop believing it will work

このシーンのメモ一覧

64 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · B1get through something

pass through a hard part

It was important to get through pitch 15 and catch up to Tommy's high point as soon as possible.
表現 · A2as soon as possible

as quickly as one can

It was important to get through pitch 15 and catch up to Tommy's high point as soon as possible.
表現 · A2at least

no less than

Every fall, you go back to the start of the pitch, rest for at least an hour...
表現 · B1wear off

rub away gradually

The narration notes that every attempt rubs more skin off his fingers.

Every attempt, you wear off more skin.
表現 · A2run out of something

use up completely

The narration says each failed try drains a bit more of his energy.

You run out of a little more energy.
発音out of a

Link out, of and a into one quick unit.

You run out of a little more energy.
表現 · B1tune in

watch or follow

So everyone's tuning in in the middle of guys living on the side of the Wall...
表現 · A2that was close

nearly went wrong

- That was close, dude. - I know.
発音That was

The t in that often drops, running straight into was.

- That was close, dude. - I know.
スラング · A2dude

man, buddy — Casual address between friends; avoid it with strangers or elders.

- That was close, dude. - I know.
表現 · B1fall apart

break down

After the slip, Tommy tells Kevin he did not just miss a move; he came loose.

You just started to fall apart a little bit there.
スラング · B2Fucker

a strong insult — A heavy curse; keep it out of polite and work settings.

Fucker!
表現 · B1lose hope

stop believing it will work

Tommy admits that after so many failures he began to doubt it would happen.

I had honestly started to lose hope that he was going to do it.
文法 · B2that he was going to do it

appositive clause: The that-clause spells out what the hope was about; it is not a new sentence.

I had honestly started to lose hope that he was going to do it.
表現 · A2take a rest day

a day off from training

So I decided to take a rest day and let my fingers heal.
表現 · A2wait for someone

wait for

And he has to be thinking, I can't stay up here indefinitely waiting for Kevin.
表現 · B2wear someone down

gradually exhausts you

The narration lists the wall's hardships and says they slowly grind a person down.

Living on the Wall just wears you down.
文法 · B1It's hard to climb your best

formal subject: The it is a placeholder; the real subject is the infinitive that follows.

It's hard to climb your best under those conditions.
表現 · B2devise a plan

work out a plan

So they devised a plan.
表現 · B1press on

keep going

Tommy's going to press on and try the Dyno pitch,
発音press on

Stress on in press on to convey pushing forward.

Tommy's going to press on and try the Dyno pitch,
表現 · B1final push

last big effort

Just before we went for our final push, I was completely frustrated, staring at these photos of the Wall.
表現 · B1come up with something

think of

So I came up with this idea to do the most ridiculous pitch of climbing.
表現 · B1work out something

figure out

Tommy's currently working out the world's hardest down climb.

「Tommy Climbs in a Circle」を読み解く

What's really going on

Pitch 15 turns Kevin's body into the obstacle. Each attempt takes skin and energy he cannot get back, and after days of battle the film lets the doubt show: "I had honestly started to lose hope that he was going to do it." Tommy is stuck too, and the cost of simply being on the wall is its own threat — "Living on the Wall just wears you down." The solution they reach is almost comically stubborn: instead of solving the Dyno, Tommy invents a two-hundred-foot circle and the hardest down climb in the world, turning a dead end into a detour. "So I came up with this idea to do the most ridiculous pitch of climbing." It is not elegance that saves the climb; it is refusing to accept the obvious limit.

Theme

SurvivalDays on the wall drain both climbers, so the plan has to protect Kevin's ruined fingers and Tommy's patience.
AmbitionRefusing to abandon the goal, Tommy invents a detour that no one had ever considered climbing.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Failure here wears away skin before it wears away will.
  • Tommy turns an immovable crux into a loop around it.
  • Long exposure on a wall erodes a person quietly.
  • The absurd plan is delivered without a hint of drama.

発音のポイント

  • out of a — Link out, of and a into one quick unit.
  • That was — The t in that often drops, running straight into was.
  • press on — Stress on in press on to convey pushing forward.
You just started to fall apart a little bit there.

Encouragement mixed with honesty: the attempt unravelled in the last few moves.

I had honestly started to lose hope that he was going to do it.

Tommy admits his own confidence in Kevin was wearing thin.

Living on the Wall just wears you down.

The wall itself is an opponent, eroding body and mind day by day.

So I came up with this idea to do the most ridiculous pitch of climbing.

The strange solution that keeps the project alive, introduced with a smile.

Tommy's currently working out the world's hardest down climb.

A supposedly impossible task gets invented on the spot, as if it were a normal challenge.

It's a pretty fascinating drama unfolding in real time, literally in front of our eyes.

The outside view: a worldwide audience watching two men solve a problem live on the rock.

このシーンについての質問

What is pitch 15, and why is it stopping Kevin?

It is the traverse, the same hardest section Tommy barely linked. The sharp holds tear the skin from Kevin's fingertips, and each fall resets him with less strength than before.

Why doesn't Tommy just wait for Kevin?

He cannot stay on the wall indefinitely. Food, water and weather are all against him, so waiting too long risks ending the whole climb before it is finished.

What is Tommy's plan to get past the Dyno?

Instead of the hard Dyno move, he decides to climb a giant circle around it — roughly 200 feet of extra climbing — which then requires him to invent the world's hardest down climb.

How does the climbing world react?

The attempt becomes live drama followed around the world. People who did not even know what a pitch was start cheering for Kevin to finish pitch 15.

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