In reply to Mick Ward:
Just a note: my comment is not a criticism of Tom Randall but of these horrible Rab videos where top climbers are asked to reveal their personal lives in little rapid-edit fluff pieces for expensive fleeces.
Consider this response:
"I think Tom Randall's record speaks for itself and deserves some measure of respect. If you watch his other films he comes across as driven, but self-deprecating, with a real sense of humour. He is worth listening to."
The fact that people can say, e.g., 'his films', 'he is worth listening to', shows how uncritically people consume these guff advertisements - particularly when they pretend to be personally revealing. In fact, this video is not revealing at all; instead, it only touches superficially on the psychological, political and emotional aspects of climbing in order to manipulate its audience's emotions.
A case in point is the tag line others have already pointed out: "Climbing never stops, does it?" These are presented as Randall's words, but they're not. When we say "he is worth listening to" - who are we really listening to?
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