点评:Clint Eastwood is credited with many famous quotations during his long and distinguished career in motion pictures. Two of my favorites are "Go ahead, make my day" and "Men must know their limitations." Neither is associated directly with the Totem Pole in Monument Valley, Arizona, but they clearly apply--and Eastwood was there. Remember the 1975 thriller The Eiger Sanction, directed by and starring Eastwood? One of the most memorable scenes in the movie was filmed on the Totem Pole, a pillar or rock spire, a highly eroded remnant of a butte that is the tallest spire in the world at 400 feet. One of the many unforgettable sandstone rock formations that cover five miles in Monument Valley, including Three Sisters, The Mittens, Elephant Butte, Merrick Butte, Moccasin Arch, Sun's Eye and Camel Butte, Totem Pole was first climbed on June 11-13, 1957 by Bill Feurer, Jerry Gallwas, Mark Powell and Don Wilson. In 1975, Eastwood, who did all of his own stunts during the dangerous mountain-climbing sequences in The Eiger Sanction, was given permission to climb the spire if he agreed to clear the mountainside of all the pitons from previous climbing expeditions. The sequence of Eastwood and fellow actor George Kennedy sharing a can of beer at the top of the Totem Pole is an extraordinary piece of film-making. Interestingly, Eastwood and his film crew were the last people to climb the Totem Pole. It rises next to a gathering of thicker spires that the Navajo Nation refers to as Yei Bi Chei. All can be seen via a self-guided Valley Drive tour.
翻译:克林特·伊斯特伍德 (Clint Eastwood) 在他漫长而杰出的电影生涯中引用了许多名言。我最喜欢的两个是“Go ahead, make my day”和“Men must know their limitations”。两者都与亚利桑那州纪念碑谷的图腾柱没有直接关系,但它们显然适用——而伊斯特伍德就在那里。还记得 1975 年由伊斯特伍德导演并主演的惊悚片《艾格峰制裁》吗?电影中最令人难忘的场景之一是在图腾柱上拍摄的,图腾柱是一根柱子或岩石尖顶,是高度侵蚀的孤峰遗迹,高达 400 英尺,是世界上最高的尖顶。图腾柱是纪念碑谷中覆盖五英里的众多令人难忘的砂岩岩层之一,包括三姐妹峰、连指手套、大象峰、梅里克峰、莫卡辛拱门、太阳之眼和骆驼峰,首次攀登于 1957 年 6 月 11 日至 13 日由 Bill Feurer、Jerry Gallwas、Mark Powell 和 Don Wilson 撰写。 1975 年,伊斯特伍德在艾格峰制裁中危险的登山序列中完成了他自己所有的特技表演,如果他同意清除山腰上以前登山探险中的所有岩钉,他就获准攀登尖顶。伊斯特伍德和演员乔治肯尼迪在图腾柱顶端分享一罐啤酒的场景是一部非凡的电影作品。有趣的是,伊斯特伍德和他的摄制组是最后一个爬上图腾柱的人。它耸立在纳瓦霍族称为 Yei Bi Chei 的更厚的尖塔群旁边。所有这些都可以通过自助游 Valley Drive 游览看到。