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The Dawn Wall · 2017 — 第 17 / 24 章 · 4'02" · B2

The World Watches Tommy Climb, Explained：momentum

A New York Times call turns a quiet attempt into a global event. A reporter writes up pitch 15, the story runs on the front page, and the climb "just exploded," drawing follow-up articles and media requests from around the world. "Suddenly, the whole world was watching this climb," the film notes, while Tommy has to finish the hardest part.

あらすじ

Tommy has made it through the traverse, but he still has to pass the Dyno and the Long Run to Wino Tower, and wait for Kevin to catch up. Then a New York Times reporter calls: he has heard Tommy did pitch 15, and if this record is ever going to happen, it may be now. The article runs on the front page and the climb explodes worldwide.

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stokedcliffhangerget a hold ofadrenaline junkies

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このシーンの表現

momentum

force that keeps something going

After the reporter takes over, the story starts driving itself forward.

The campaign gained momentum after the debate.

このシーンの他の表現

  • stoked

    very excited

  • cliffhanger

    a suspenseful ending

  • get a hold of

    get possession of

  • adrenaline junkies

    thrill addicts

  • a flood of

    a huge rush of

このシーンのメモ一覧

66 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

スラング · B1stoked

very excited — Surf-and-skate slang; fine with friends, not in formal talk.

I was stoked for Tommy, a little stressed for myself.
表現 · B1make it through something

get through successfully

So Tommy's made it through the traverse.
発音made it through

Link made and it so it sounds like one word before through.

So Tommy's made it through the traverse.
表現 · B1get past something

get beyond a barrier

He still has to get past the Dyno and the Long Run to Wino Tower.
表現 · A2catch up with someone

reach the same level

But first, he has to wait for Kevin to catch up.
表現 · A2look for something

search for

We're always looking for stories that are a little bit out of the mainstream sports realm.
文法 · B2not only the best climbing story of the year, but maybe of our generation

not only... but structure: The framework stacks one claim on top of another, making the second part land harder.

We recognized this is not only the best climbing story of the year, but maybe of our generation.
表現 · B1on the front page

the paper's first page

It was on the front page of The New York Times, and it just exploded.
表現 · B1get a hold of something

get possession of

When John Branch, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, got a hold of it, it just got its own momentum.
表現 · B2get its own momentum

start driving itself

When John Branch, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, got a hold of it, it just got its own momentum.
文法 · B2the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist

appositive: The noun phrase after the name tells us who he is without a full clause.

When John Branch, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, got a hold of it, it just got its own momentum.
表現 · A2bigger and bigger

growing steadily

And it just got bigger and bigger from there.
表現 · B1a flood of something

a huge rush of

The narration describes an instant rush of interview requests from major outlets.

There was follow-up stories and a flood of media requests from every major news outlet in the world.
発音flood of

Blend the d in flood into of so it sounds like one word.

There was follow-up stories and a flood of media requests from every major news outlet in the world.
表現 · B1picture this

imagine this scene

Picture this. Our next guests talk to us as they were suspended high up in mid air.
文法 · B1which is basically

non-restrictive relative clause: The which-clause adds a definition; the commas mean it can be dropped without breaking the sentence.

'We're sitting in a portaledge, which is basically' a hanging cot with an aluminum frame.
スラング · B2junkies

addicts — Carries a mocking edge; be careful when labeling others.

- Thrill seekers. - Adrenaline junkies.
表現 · B2inch up

move up slowly

Inching up without any climbing tools.
表現 · B2a personal journey

a private path of growth

Amid the media noise, Tommy insists the Dawn Wall was always his own path.

The Dawn Wall was always this personal journey.
表現 · A2the whole world

everyone everywhere

Suddenly, the whole world was watching this climb.
発音world was

The d in world often drops, running straight into was.

Suddenly, the whole world was watching this climb.
表現 · B1the best timing

the ideal moment

Which wasn't the best timing for me personally,
表現 · B1set up a base camp

main camping base

At this point, they've established a base camp a couple of hundred feet below the traverse.
表現 · B1get across something

make it across

Tommy sets up his belay, and Kevin tries to get across this thing.

「The World Watches Tommy Climb」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is about the moment a private goal becomes public property. The climb is going well — Tommy has cleared the traverse and only the Dyno and the Long Run remain — and then the machinery of media arrives. A reporter for The New York Times decides the story is the best climbing story of the year, maybe of the generation, and the piece goes to the front page and "just exploded," with follow-up articles and requests from every major outlet. The film is careful not to celebrate this. "Suddenly, the whole world was watching this climb," the narration says, and immediately adds that the timing was bad, because Tommy still has pitch 15 to do. The attention arrives exactly when he needs quiet, and the chapter ends with the pressure and the spotlight landing on the same man.

Theme

AmbitionTommy's private quest becomes headline news, and he has to keep climbing under the eyes of the world.
IdentityThe Dawn Wall began as a personal journey, and the film shows how differently it looks once everyone is watching.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A single achievement can turn a private project into global news.
  • Media labels flatten what climbers actually care about.
  • Tommy keeps reclaiming the climb as a personal journey.
  • Hedged hope sounds honest when the outcome is still open.

発音のポイント

  • made it through — Link made and it so it sounds like one word before through.
  • flood of — Blend the d in flood into of so it sounds like one word.
  • world was — The d in world often drops, running straight into was.
I was stoked for Tommy, a little stressed for myself.

Kevin's split reaction: genuinely excited for his partner's progress, and quietly anxious about his own hard pitch still waiting.

We recognized this is not only the best climbing story of the year, but maybe of our generation.

A journalist's sense of scale: the climb is framed as a defining story, which is what turns it into news.

A real cliffhanger. Did I just say that?

A broadcaster's accidental pun: cliffhanger means suspense, and here the man is literally dangling off a cliff.

The Dawn Wall was always this personal journey.

Tommy's reminder that the climb began as something private, before the media and the crowds arrived.

I hope they make it, but I don't understand it.

A bystander's honest verdict: genuine goodwill, and no way to relate to why anyone would attempt it.

Suddenly, the whole world was watching this climb.

The turn from private quest to global spectacle, captured in a single sentence.

このシーンについての質問

How did the climb become world news?

A New York Times reporter, John Branch, called after Tommy completed pitch 15, wrote up the story, and it ran on the front page. From there it exploded, with follow-up articles and requests from media worldwide.

Why was the timing bad for Tommy?

Because the attention arrived while he still had to climb pitch 15. Instead of quiet focus, he suddenly had the world watching while he attempted the hardest section of the route.

What do people misunderstand about the climb?

Much of the coverage gets the details wrong. One broadcast calls them hikers or daredevils and even shows the wrong cliff, which is why the climbers find the whole media storm strange.

What is a cliffhanger?

It means a moment of suspense, usually at the end of a chapter or episode. The word comes from the idea of someone hanging off a cliff, which is why a broadcaster jokes about saying it here.

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