Not [necessarily] to add insult to injury, Alton flogs up the offending vertical embankment moments after Rocky has found stable ground...I am quite sure that the intent of the showmanship was to let Rocky know that gymnastic tumbling of higher order is not [necessariily] needed...cough cough...

what are good friends for after all...

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