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The Dawn Wall · 2017 — 第 5 / 24 章 · 4'23" · B2

Tommy Caldwell Attempts the Dawn Wall, Explained：on the verge of

The film opens at El Capitan, where the Dawn Wall has never been free-climbed. Tommy and Kevin plan to climb it "in a single push" and live on the wall until it is done. "You can't make any mistake in where you grab the hold and how you place your toe," the narration warns.

あらすじ

Yosemite is the Mecca of rock climbing, and its crown jewel is El Capitan, a 3,000-foot monolith. The blankest, steepest face is the Dawn Wall, never free-climbed. Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson plan to change that in a single push, living on the wall and not coming down until the climb is finished.

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注目の表現

crown jeweltake your breath awaycome alongfigure out

00:00 / 04:23
Space 再生 · ← → セリフ移動 · R リピート
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このシーンの表現

on the verge of

very close to happening

Every moment on the wall is strained to the limit, seconds from a slip.

She was on the verge of tears after the call.

このシーンの他の表現

  • crown jewel

    the most prized part

  • take your breath away

    be breathtakingly beautiful

  • come along

    appear, arrive on the scene

  • figure out

    work out, understand

  • take turns

    do something one after another

このシーンのメモ一覧

52 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · A2be known as something

be called, be famous as

Yosemite is known as the Mecca of world rock climbing.
表現 · A2for the first time

on the first occasion

When you see that thing for the first time, it takes your breath away.
発音takes your breath away

Takes your links and breath away fuses together.

When you see that thing for the first time, it takes your breath away.
表現 · A2have never been

has never been done

But the Dawn Wall has never been climbed.
表現 · B1look impossible

appear impossible

Just the sheer magnitude of blank rock on the thing, it just looks impossible.
表現 · A2close to something

near to, comparable to

Nothing else is even close to it.
発音leave the ground

Leave and the link together before ground.

The goal is climb it in a single push, which means we're going to leave the ground,
表現 · B1go for it

attempt something boldly

We're going for it.
表現 · B1put in work

invest effort

We've put in so much work leading up to this moment.
表現 · A2take a deep breath

breathe deeply

There's nothing left to do but take a couple deep breaths and start climbing.
スラング · A1Yup

yes — Very casual yes; use yes in writing.

Yup.
表現 · B2be comprised of something

be made up of

The route that they think they have figured out is comprised of 32 individual pitches.
文法 · C1The route that they think they have figured out

relative clause with insertion: The relative clause modifies route, and they think is inserted inside it.

The route that they think they have figured out is comprised of 32 individual pitches.
表現 · B2anchor oneself to something

secure yourself to something

When you end the pitch, you anchor yourself to the wall...
表現 · A2X to go

remaining

One down, thirty-something to go.
スラング · B2belay

secure a partner's rope — Climbing jargon; used among climbers.

...and hold the rope or belay as your partner comes up.
表現 · B1move on to something

proceed to the next thing

Once you've both done that pitch without falling, you can move on to the next pitch.
表現 · B2without assistance

with no help at all

using your hands and feet to climb the natural features on the rock without any assistance from the rope.
文法 · B2using your hands and feet to climb the natural features on the rock without any assistance from the rope

participial phrase: The -ing phrase describes how free-climbing works, with without adding the condition.

using your hands and feet to climb the natural features on the rock without any assistance from the rope.
表現 · B1in case

in order to be prepared

You take turns leading each pitch, placing protection in the cracks to catch you in case you fall.
スラング · A2You got it

you can do it — Casual for encouragement or agreement; not formal.

Yeah, come on. You got it.
文法 · B2a certain number of pitches they're trying to get through each day

reduced relative clause: A that is dropped after pitches, leaving a clause that defines which pitches.

They have a certain number of pitches they're trying to get through each day to stay on track to finish this climb.
表現 · B1relatively + adjective

fairly easy by comparison

The first few pitches are relatively easy.
表現 · B1way more

much more

and the climbing gets way more difficult.
表現 · A2make a mistake

make an error

You can't make any mistake in where you grab the hold and how you place your toe.
発音pushing and pulling

The end of pushing and and blur, then pulling links on.

You're pushing and pulling as hard as you possibly can, always on the verge of slipping off.

「Tommy Caldwell Attempts the Dawn Wall」を読み解く

What's really going on

The opening is all scale, and the film wants you to feel how absurd the goal is. El Capitan has been climbed countless times, but never up this face, and the narration keeps returning to how blank and forlorn the rock looks: "But the Dawn Wall has never been climbed." The plan that follows is deliberately unforgiving — no going back to the ground, no resting on a summit, just thirty-two pitches lived one at a time. "There's nothing left to do but take a couple deep breaths and start climbing," Tommy says, and that line is the whole film in miniature: preparation ends, and the only remaining move is to begin.

Theme

DreamsTommy and Kevin commit to a climb everyone thought impossible, planning to live on the wall until it is done.
CourageThe route allows no mistakes, so starting at all is an act of nerve before any strength is used.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A climb becomes possible once it is broken into ordinary parts.
  • Even a Mecca has one face that has refused everyone.
  • Progress on a big goal is measured one pitch at a time.
  • The margin between success and falling can be a fingertip.

発音のポイント

  • takes your breath away — Takes your links and breath away fuses together.
  • leave the ground — Leave and the link together before ground.
  • pushing and pulling — The end of pushing and and blur, then pulling links on.
Yosemite is known as the Mecca of world rock climbing.

The film frames the valley as the sport's spiritual centre, which makes its hardest face a kind of holy ground.

But the Dawn Wall has never been climbed.

The one fact the whole film hangs on: it is not merely hard, it is unclimbed.

Nothing else is even close to it.

A claim of unmatched difficulty, setting the Dawn Wall apart from every other route.

There's nothing left to do but take a couple deep breaths and start climbing.

The end of preparation, stated plainly: all that remains is to begin.

You're pushing and pulling as hard as you possibly can, always on the verge of slipping off.

The physical reality of the climb, held at the edge of failure on every move.

You can't make any mistake in where you grab the hold and how you place your toe.

The margin for error is zero, down to a fingertip or a toe placement.

Each pitch is its own challenge, like the stages of a race.

The route explained through analogy: thirty-two separate trials rather than one long push.

このシーンについての質問

Why is the Dawn Wall so much harder than other climbs on El Capitan?

The other routes follow cracks that give you something to hold. The Dawn Wall is mostly blank rock, so the climbers rely on tiny holds and body tension instead of features you can grip.

What does 'free climb' mean here?

It means climbing with hands and feet only, using the rope just to catch a fall. A fall is allowed, but it sends you back to the start of that pitch.

What is a pitch?

A pitch is one rope-length of climbing, about 150 feet, ending at a ledge where you anchor and belay your partner. The Dawn Wall is made of 32 of them.

Why do they have to do it in a single push?

To claim the free ascent, they cannot return to the ground between sections. They live on the wall and keep going until they finish, so there is no rest at the bottom and no resetting.

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