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The Dawn Wall · 2017 — 第 9 / 24 章 · 4'55" · B2

Tommy Climbs Through His Divorce, Explained：throw yourself into

After the marriage ends, Tommy drives to the rim of Yosemite and looks across at El Capitan. "It felt like El Cap was all I had." Instead of sitting with the pain, he chooses the one face nobody has climbed and disappears into it, using an impossible project to crowd out a divorce.

あらすじ

After the six days in Kyrgyzstan, Beth and Tommy grew dependent on each other, but not in the way true love is. When she falls for another man and the divorce is final, Tommy says he is crushed. He drives to the rim of Yosemite Valley, looks across at El Capitan, and decides to lose himself in the unclimbed Dawn Wall.

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walk away fromall I hadway too hardgo through

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このシーンの表現

throw yourself into

plunge into something

His half-joking advice: when heartbroken, throw yourself into an impossible wall.

Throw yourself into the project and stop worrying.

このシーンの他の表現

  • walk away from

    leave something behind

  • all I had

    the only thing left

  • way too hard

    far too difficult

  • go through

    experience a process

  • absorb yourself in

    immerse yourself in

このシーンのメモ一覧

53 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ

表現 · B2be traumatized by something

deeply shaken by

In Kyrgyzstan, Beth was extremely traumatized by those six days, and Tommy was the person who saved them.
表現 · B1a sort of + noun

a kind of

And so from that, I think a sort of dependency probably developed that isn't necessarily the same thing as true love.
表現 · B1the same thing as something

identical to

And so from that, I think a sort of dependency probably developed that isn't necessarily the same thing as true love.
文法 · B2that isn't necessarily the same thing as

relative clause: The clause qualifies dependency, warning that it is not the same as love.

And so from that, I think a sort of dependency probably developed that isn't necessarily the same thing as true love.
スラング · B1feeling something for

developing feelings for — A tactful way to say someone is falling for another.

Eventually, she started feeling something for somebody else.
スラング · B1crushed

devastated — Everyday word for being emotionally flattened.

Yeah, I was just crushed.
表現 · B1the rim of something

the edge of

I drove to the rim of Yosemite Valley and was looking across at El Capitan.
発音like El Cap

Link like and El so they sound like like-El.

It felt like El Cap was all I had.
表現 · A2be able to do something

be capable of doing

I had looked at it a little bit before and knew that it was way too hard, I'd never be able to do it.
文法 · B2I'd never be able to do it

future in the past: The would-contraction looks forward from a past judgment that he could never manage it.

I had looked at it a little bit before and knew that it was way too hard, I'd never be able to do it.
表現 · B1figure out something

work out

But I was just hurting so bad that I had to figure out a distraction in life.
表現 · B2beat yourself up

blame or punish yourself

I decided to go up there alone and beat myself up on the Wall as just a way to cope.
表現 · B2wedge something into something

jam yourself into

Corners that you can wedge your body into.
表現 · B1grab onto something

catch hold of

Anything that you could possibly grab onto that would make this wall climbable.
表現 · B2obsess about something

fixate on something

Just finding something to obsess about so I wouldn't obsess about my divorce.
表現 · B1no space to do something

no room to

When you absorb yourself in some magnificent challenge, there is no space to be thinking about anything else.
文法 · B2no space to be thinking about

there be with gerund: No space to be doing says there is literally no room for another thought.

When you absorb yourself in some magnificent challenge, there is no space to be thinking about anything else.
発音throw yourself into

Throw yourself links up so the words almost merge.

You know, if you're heartbroken, just throw yourself into an impossible wall.
表現 · B1like + number

around ten years

She was the only person I had climbed with for, like, ten years.
発音for, like, ten

Like before a number is reduced and barely sounded.

She was the only person I had climbed with for, like, ten years.
表現 · B1not even exist

was not real at all

trying to find this elusive thing that probably didn't even exist.
スラング · C1elusive

hard to pin down — A slightly bookish word for something you cannot grasp.

trying to find this elusive thing that probably didn't even exist.
発音convinced my dad

The d in convinced often drops straight into my.

I convinced my dad to come up there and belay me,
スラング · A2What the heck

what the hell — Casual surprise or confusion; milder than what the hell.

What the heck?
表現 · B2have doubts about something

was not sure at all

I really had my doubts as to whether it was going to be a viable climb.
文法 · B1became convinced that

noun clause: The that-clause spells out exactly what he convinced himself of.

But during that period of time, he became convinced that it was somehow possible.
表現 · B1an entire + period

a whole year

Tommy spent an entire year swinging around looking for a route up the Dawn Wall,

「Tommy Climbs Through His Divorce」を読み解く

What's really going on

The divorce is the engine of the whole film, and Tommy is unusually plain about it: "My wife has left me." What he does with that grief is the story. He does not rest, talk it out or wait to feel better; he picks the hardest unclimbed face in the world and moves onto it alone. "I couldn't just sit there and feel the pain," he says, and later half-jokes that heartbreak is best cured by throwing yourself into an impossible wall. The Dawn Wall is therefore not just a goal but a coping mechanism, and the film is honest about the difference. The obsession looks heroic from the outside and desperate from the inside, and both readings survive.

Theme

HeartbreakTommy loses his marriage and answers the pain by vanishing into the hardest climb he can find.
SurvivalThe impossible project becomes a way to keep functioning when sitting still is unbearable.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A mountain can hold a person when everything else leaves.
  • He heals by taking on something clearly impossible.
  • Self-pity is named out loud, then worked through.
  • The Dawn Wall gets its name from the first light.

発音のポイント

  • like El Cap — Link like and El so they sound like like-El.
  • throw yourself into — Throw yourself links up so the words almost merge.
  • for, like, ten — Like before a number is reduced and barely sounded.
  • convinced my dad — The d in convinced often drops straight into my.
My wife has left me.

The plain statement of loss that opens the story; no metaphor, just the fact Tommy has to live with.

It felt like El Cap was all I had.

Everything else gone, the wall becomes the last thing left to hold on to.

That's why it's called the Dawn Wall.

The name explained: a panel of the wall catches the first light each morning.

I couldn't just sit there and feel the pain.

The reason for the obsession, stated without dressing it up.

You know, if you're heartbroken, just throw yourself into an impossible wall.

The half-joking lesson of the chapter, turning heartbreak into a climbing strategy.

When you absorb yourself in some magnificent challenge, there is no space to be thinking about anything else.

Why the climb works as a remedy: total absorption crowds out grief.

She was the only person I had climbed with for, like, ten years.

The scale of the loss — not just a partner but a decade of shared climbing.

このシーンについての質問

Why did Tommy and Beth's marriage end?

The film suggests the hostage ordeal created a dependency rather than love, and eventually Beth fell for someone else and chose that relationship over the marriage.

What did Tommy do after the divorce?

He drove to the rim of Yosemite Valley, looked at El Capitan, and decided to pour himself into the unclimbed Dawn Wall as a distraction from the pain.

Why did he choose an impossible route on purpose?

Because it demanded everything. A task that hard left no room to think about the divorce, which was exactly what he needed.

Who climbed with Tommy while he explored the wall?

His father belayed him in the early days, and the film shows the two of them up on the wall as Tommy begins searching for a route that could work.

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第 1 章larger than lifeTommy's Father Toughens Him Up第 2 章head over heelsTommy Caldwell Wins Snowbird第 3 章sitting ducksClimbers Taken Hostage in Kyrgyzstan第 4 章take matters into their own handsTommy Pushes a Captor Off the Cliff第 5 章on the verge ofTommy Caldwell Attempts the Dawn Wall第 6 章get back on that horseLife on the Dawn Wall第 7 章fire someone upTommy Caldwell Cuts Off His Finger第 8 章grow apartTommy Becomes Mr. El Cap再生中 · 第 9 章throw yourself intoTommy Climbs Through His Divorce第 10 章pull for someoneDay Three on the Dawn Wall第 11 章a far cry fromIce Missiles Hit the Dawn Wall第 12 章go on faithTommy Tests His New Partner第 13 章take a tollYears of Grinding on the Wall第 14 章beat your head against a wallTommy Chooses the Wall Over Love第 15 章flip the switchTommy Attempts the Great Traverse第 16 章come togetherTommy Sends Pitch 15第 17 章momentumThe World Watches Tommy Climb第 18 章wears you downTommy Climbs in a Circle第 19 章a new set of eyesTommy Solves the Ridiculous Loop第 20 章throw in the towelKevin Falls Short on Pitch 15第 21 章envisionTommy Reaches Wino Tower第 22 章hold someone backTommy Waits for Kevin第 23 章the moment of truthBecca and Fitz Arrive at El Cap第 24 章no way in hellKevin Catches Tommy on the Dawn Wall
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