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To: Baynative
When the film won the Oscar, I was struck by the difference between the subject of the documentary - a man who climbs rock walls of thousands of feet high with no safety net or ropes, the possibility of his death a microsecond away at every second, his sheer physical ability and unbelievable mental strength to conquer his fear while doing it - and the other award winners who emote or direct for a living and think it's somehow oh so important.

The difference between riding a Big Wheel and winning the Tour de France.

4 posted on 03/17/2019 7:51:43 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Lizavetta

The movie struck me in many ways. Not knowing much about climbing, I was blown away by the different disciplines of climbing and the technical routes of going up, down and sideways to reach the summit.


13 posted on 03/17/2019 9:54:30 AM PDT by Baynative ("A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams." - John Barrymore)
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