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The Dawn Wall · 2017 — 第 22 / 24 章 · 3'32" · B1

Tommy Waits for Kevin, Explained：hold someone back

Kevin is stuck on pitch 15, and Tommy refuses to go on alone: "I don't care how long it takes for you to get through pitch 15, because I can't imagine a worse outcome than doing this alone." The media turns it into a question of who is holding whom back.

あらすじ

With Kevin still stuck on pitch 15, Tommy makes his position clear: he will wait as long as it takes, because finishing alone would be the worst possible result. Kevin worries about being the one who holds his partner back. Meanwhile the press speculates, and Tommy simply tunes the world out.

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注目の表現

hold someone backthrow in the towelcommitted tofed up with

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このシーンの表現

hold someone back

stop someone from progressing

Kevin tells Tommy he does not want to slow him down as the summit nears.

I don't want to hold you back from your big chance.

このシーンの他の表現

  • throw in the towel

    give up, admit defeat

  • committed to

    firmly devoted to

  • fed up with

    tired of and annoyed by

  • tune out

    stop paying attention to

  • no big deal

    not important, no problem

このシーンのメモ一覧

58 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · A2how long it takes for someone to do something

the time something requires

I don't care how long it takes for you to get through pitch 15,
発音don't care

The t in don't often drops, so it sounds like one word with care.

I don't care how long it takes for you to get through pitch 15,
表現 · B2a worse outcome than something

a result worse than something

because I can't imagine a worse outcome than doing this alone.
表現 · B1..., is the thing

that is the real point

I don't want to hold you back, is the thing.
表現 · B1X days from the top

a distance away from the summit

You're three days from the top now or some shit.
スラング · C1or some shit

or something like that — Vulgar filler; keep it out of polite speech.

You're three days from the top now or some shit.
表現 · B1nothing is going to stop me

nothing can hold me back

And I feel like if I can do that pitch, I'd be so fucking psyched that there's nothing that's going to stop me between there and the top.
発音I'd be

In fast speech I'd be blurs into something like I'd-buh.

And I feel like if I can do that pitch, I'd be so fucking psyched that there's nothing that's going to stop me between there and the top.
スラング · B1psyched

thrilled — Casual slang for being thrilled; fine with friends.

And I feel like if I can do that pitch, I'd be so fucking psyched that there's nothing that's going to stop me between there and the top.
表現 · B1two consecutive days

two days in a row

So we decided that I would rest two consecutive days so that my skin could heal and try again.
表現 · B2in the hopes that something happens

hoping that something will happen

The idea of Tommy waiting, to risk your own success in the hopes that maybe by some miracle Kevin can do it,
文法 · B2since this had been

reason clause: Here since means because, and the past perfect shows the dream started earlier.

And I was hoping that, since this had been a dream of Tommy's a lot longer than it had been a dream of Kevin's,
スラング · A2dude

buddy, man — Casual address among friends, not for elders.

As Tommy's friend, selfishly, I'm thinking to myself, like, "Kevin, dude, time to throw in the towel and support Tommy."
文法 · B2might have said

hypothetical modal: Might have said imagines an alternative past that never actually happened.

Somebody less gracious than Tommy Caldwell might have said, "I've got to go on without you."
表現 · A2move higher

climb further up

One of them refusing to move higher without his partner stuck below.
文法 · B1refusing to move higher

participial phrase: The -ing phrase describes one climber, short for who was refusing.

One of them refusing to move higher without his partner stuck below.
表現 · A2waiting and watching

waiting while watching

Down below, the crowd is waiting and watching.
表現 · A2drop your phone

let your phone fall

Oh, wait. That's right, you dropped your phone.
表現 · A2fall out

drop out of somewhere

I had my chest pocket unzipped. It just fell out.
表現 · B2media circus

frenzied media coverage

So fed up with the media circus.
表現 · A2enjoy the view

take in the scenery

Yup. Guess we've got to just enjoy the view now.
表現 · A2take a rest day

a day off to recover

He's just stoked to be up there, and it's no big deal if it takes another rest day
スラング · B1stoked

very excited — Surfer slang for excited; too casual for formal talk.

He's just stoked to be up there, and it's no big deal if it takes another rest day
表現 · A2get through something

survive something difficult

They're going to get through it. Don't freak out.
表現 · B1the rest of something

everyone else

Don't worry about the rest of the world that's watching.
発音tune them out

Link tune them out as one chunk, with them reduced to a light -em.

Let's tune them out. It's just you and me.

「Tommy Waits for Kevin」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is about what partnership actually costs. Tommy has the summit within reach and chooses to stay, and his reason is not sentimentality but a ranking of outcomes: "because I can't imagine a worse outcome than doing this alone." Kevin, meanwhile, carries the guilt of the delay and says plainly that he does not want to be the one to hold Tommy back. The outside world makes it worse by turning the wait into a tabloid question — is Jorgeson spoiling Tommy's dreams? — which is exactly why Tommy's advice is to stop listening: "Let's tune them out. It's just you and me." The climb has narrowed from a global spectacle back to two people on a wall.

Theme

FriendshipTommy gives up the fastest finish to stay with his partner and refuses to summit alone.
DutyKevin feels responsible for the delay while Tommy treats staying as the only acceptable choice.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Real partnership means refusing to move up alone.
  • Waiting can be a choice, not a delay.
  • The press turns patience into a spectacle.
  • Tuning out the world can protect a friendship.

発音のポイント

  • don't care — The t in don't often drops, so it sounds like one word with care.
  • I'd be — In fast speech I'd be blurs into something like I'd-buh.
  • tune them out — Link tune them out as one chunk, with them reduced to a light -em.
I don't care how long it takes for you to get through pitch 15,

Tommy sets no deadline: Kevin's pace will not be held against him.

I don't want to hold you back, is the thing.

Kevin's guilt in one line: he fears being the reason Tommy fails.

And I feel like if I can do that pitch, I'd be so fucking psyched that there's nothing that's going to stop me between there and the top.

Kevin's belief that clearing pitch 15 would unlock the rest of the climb.

that's a partner right there.

The verdict on Tommy's choice to wait: this is what partnership looks like.

And he wouldn't have been Tommy if he'd done it any other way.

Waiting is not a favour but simply who Tommy is.

Don't worry about the rest of the world that's watching.

Advice to ignore the global audience and the pressure it brings.

Let's tune them out. It's just you and me.

The climb reduced to its essentials: two partners and the wall.

このシーンについての質問

Why won't Tommy keep climbing without Kevin?

He says finishing alone would be the worst possible outcome. The summit matters less to him than doing the climb with his partner.

Why does Kevin feel guilty?

Because his struggle on pitch 15 is costing Tommy days and putting the whole climb at risk. He says he does not want to hold his partner back.

What does the media say about the delay?

The press turns it into a tabloid story, framing Kevin as the man who might spoil Tommy's dream. The climbers find the coverage exhausting and try to ignore it.

What does 'tune out' mean?

It means to stop paying attention to something, to ignore it deliberately. Here Tommy wants to shut out the media noise and focus only on the climb.

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