This is a documentary about rock climbing, where climbers are inspiring with their unyielding competitive spirit. Rock climbing is derived from mountaineering and is highly skilled and adventurous. The Dawn Wall is the largest single granite in the world. It is located in the El Capitan Mountains in Yosemite National Park, California. It has a score of 5.14 on the climbing difficulty scale, which is undisputed first.
"Wall of Dawn" tells the story of the experience of two men conquering "the most difficult cliff in the world" with their bare hands. In January 2015, Tommy and Kevin successfully climbed the Dawn Wall in 19 days, setting a world record. For nearly 20 days, they ate and lived in tents set up on the cliffs. The climbing process did not happen overnight. Before that, they spent 6 years planning the route, training day after day, enduring unbearable loneliness, and dealing with bad natural weather. Over and over, inch after inch, to grasp the edge of a blade-sharp rock with their fingertips, it takes not only skill, but courage and great stamina.
Tommy's father is a mountaineer. Tommy trained him in rock climbing when he was very young. Tommy also showed his amazing rock climbing talent, which made him fall in love with rock climbing. This love is integrated into his blood and is inseparable from life. . At the age of 22, Tommy went rock climbing with three partners and was taken hostage by the Kyrgyz rebels. In order to escape, he pushed the rebels off a cliff... Although it was for self-preservation, he deprived another person His life left an indelible psychological shadow on Tommy. His girlfriend Beth, who was with him in the kidnapping, had been encouraging him, and they climbed together and put all their energy into climbing, as if it was the only way to forget the pain.
However, God played another big joke on Tommy. In an accident, he lost his left index finger. The index finger plays an important role in the climbing process and is the point of strength for grasping the rock, and the doctor declared his climbing career over. But he didn't give up. He broke the index finger to poke the gravel to increase the pressure resistance of the broken finger, practiced the strength of the other fingers, used the thumb to be close to the middle finger instead of the index finger, and put in double the practice than ordinary people, he returned to rock climbing again. .
His girlfriend Beth shares his hobbies and experiences the kidnapping incident with him. They have been together for so many years and supported each other. Tommy thought he would grow old hand in hand with Beth, but life is always full of surprises, and Beth left him. , married someone else... Tommy fell into the abyss again, he decided to challenge himself to climb higher and more difficult mountains, get out of the predicament and get a new life. He aimed at the Dawn Wall at an altitude of 3,000 feet. Climbing the Dawn Wall requires two people to work together. Tommy found Kevin, who is also a rock climbing enthusiast. After repeated attempts, the two planned the route. In 2015, they decided to start a one-time ascent. The eyes of the world are on them, the media gathered under Yamashita, Tommy and Kevin set off on the journey.
The 15 pitch is the hardest part of climbing the Dawn Wall. Tommy successfully climbed it after several attempts, but Kevin got stuck here. He tried N times and couldn't get past it. His fingers were frayed, so he had to take a break to help. Tommy climbs first. Tommy climbed two-thirds of the way with the help of Kevin, he stopped, he realized that without Kevin, even the summit would not be successful, he decided to stop first and help Kevin cross 15 Pitch. Kevin continued to try again and again, climbing, falling, he began to doubt himself, was he wasting time or was he pursuing some noble purpose? After continuous efforts, can you get a little closer to your dream? After countless attempts, Kevin finally succeeded. At the moment of success, Kevin couldn't help roaring and venting his inner depression. After that, Tommy and Kevin climbed to the top of the mountain together and conquered the Dawn Wall. At that moment, all the hard work was worth it!
At the beginning of the film, the host asked them: "Why do this? What does this mean to you?" Tommy did not answer. Rock climbing is an extreme sport. This sport is full of danger, hardship and boredom. Climbing steep mountains is a challenge to the limit and the pursuit of life height. As Tommy said: "Pure difficulty is also a charm ', there is a huge sense of joy in the climb itself. The difficulties we face in our daily lives are nothing compared to their rock climbing.
When the dawn sun shines on Tommy and Kevin in the cliff tent. Tommy: It's an absolute good time. Kevin: Is there anything better than this?
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