Jon Krakauer once said of mountaineering, “There’s something about being afraid, about being small, about enforced humility that draws me to climbing.” The contestants of The Summit are perhaps taking that idea too literally. The 16 Americans flew to New Zealand to cross 100 miles by climbing the country’s Southern Alps (the highest peak is 12,218 feet) over 14 days, all while carrying $1 million in cash. Yet somehow, none of them seems aware that they signed up to, you know, ascend an actual mountain, a reveal that is simultaneously cruel and sicko-mode hilarious. Enforced humility, it makes for good TV!
The Summit is based on an Australian reality series that premiered in 2023. But when host Manu Bennett greets the competitors with, “Your challenge is to reach the summit,” their reaction is like that one time The Traitors made the housemates identify bird calls: blank faces and…
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