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The moment everything's been climbing toward, after which it's all gravity.
means The peak of intensity in a story, event, or experience, where tension finally pays off.
from From Greek klimax, meaning ladder or staircase — the point you reach after all that climbing, before the descent.
Rhetorical rootsOriginally a list building from weak to strong.
Story mapFreytag put it dead center of his pyramid.
Greek literalMeant a ladder, not a peak.