Review: 'The Climb,' an HBO competition series from Jason Momoa, presents vertiginous challenges to a group of amateur rock climbers, who vie for a $100,000 prize
What great athletes do is frequently described as art, but rock climbing had long seemed like a sport very close to art for art’s sake. There was no payoff, no applause, plenty of pain and no tangible point. WhichThat was long ago.
Chris Sharma, one of the most famous climbers in the world and an engine of money in professional rock climbing, is the co-host of “The Climb,” an eight-part series that makes a maverick pastime conform to standard formulas, which is in many ways symptomatic of the medium: Competition provides narrative; TV needs narrative. And it is engaging enough, if you ignore the rampant banalities in the color commentary.
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