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I have a non-spoilery post also. If you've seen it or don't mind spoilers...
I knew almost nothing about this going in. But when Beth Rodden was introduced, her name rang a faint bell. I was still trying to remember what climbing context I'd heard of her in when the ominous music and helicopter sounds started right after Tommy said, "So we went to Kyrgyzstan" and then I suddenly remembered that she was one of several climbers who'd been taken hostage. Only that was all I remembered, so I was biting my fingernails over what actually happened - did one of them get killed?
Of all the people who should not have had to kill someone (or so he thought, and wasn't that a WTF final twist - I really wanted to know if that changed anything for Tommy), Tommy Caldwell has to be at the top. It was 100% justified, and yet the poor guy!
AND THEN HE CUT OFF HIS INDEX FINGER IN A CIRCULAR SAW.
But of all the amazing twists, my favorite was when he decided to go back and wait for Kevin. It was such a beautiful moment, especially since they didn't even know each other before they started the world's most ambitious and intimate climb together. And such a touching parallel to the Kyrgyzstan nightmare, when he also made a choice to risk himself for others.
I knew almost nothing about this going in. But when Beth Rodden was introduced, her name rang a faint bell. I was still trying to remember what climbing context I'd heard of her in when the ominous music and helicopter sounds started right after Tommy said, "So we went to Kyrgyzstan" and then I suddenly remembered that she was one of several climbers who'd been taken hostage. Only that was all I remembered, so I was biting my fingernails over what actually happened - did one of them get killed?
Of all the people who should not have had to kill someone (or so he thought, and wasn't that a WTF final twist - I really wanted to know if that changed anything for Tommy), Tommy Caldwell has to be at the top. It was 100% justified, and yet the poor guy!
AND THEN HE CUT OFF HIS INDEX FINGER IN A CIRCULAR SAW.
But of all the amazing twists, my favorite was when he decided to go back and wait for Kevin. It was such a beautiful moment, especially since they didn't even know each other before they started the world's most ambitious and intimate climb together. And such a touching parallel to the Kyrgyzstan nightmare, when he also made a choice to risk himself for others.
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I mean seriously, Kevin can't do the traverse and he can't do it and can't do it and can't do it, and then Tommy has a big EMOTIONAL MOMENT and at the last minute enables him to do it via the POWER OF FRIENDSHIP? Come off it.
(Reality: AND ALSO KEVIN CAN FLYYYYYYYY.)