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    Dean Spaulding Potter (April 14, 1972 – May 16, 2015) was an American free climber, alpinist, BASE jumper, and highliner. He completed many hard first ascents, free solo ascents, speed ascents, and enchainments in Yosemite National Park and Patagonia .

  2. May 17, 2015 · Dean Potter, 43, and Graham Hunt, 29, died from impact during a wingsuit flight from Taft Point in Yosemite National Park, just after 7:30 p.m. on May 16. Hunt, from El Portal,...

  3. May 17, 2015 · On Saturday evening, May 16, BASE jumpers Dean Potter and Graham Hunt died after attempting a wingsuit flight from Taft Point, a 7,500-foot promontory that overlooks Yosemite Valley and El...

  4. Jan 25, 2024 · Dean Potter. Few people in the 21st century have embodied the free-spirited and counter-cultural roots of rock climbing like Dean Potter. This six-foot-five, 180-pound, larger-than-life character was the creator of Freebase, the terrifying act of free soloing with a parachute, a pioneer of untethered highlining, and a master base ...

  5. May 18, 2015 · Dean Potter, the extreme athlete who made a name for himself with stunts like this has died - one of fifty wingsuit flyers who have in the last 18 months alone paid the ultimate price for their...

  6. May 18, 2015 · Dean Potter was the first person to free-soloHeaven,” a difficult climb 2,000 feet above Yosemite Valley. Half Dome stands in the background.

  7. May 18, 2015 · Dean Potter, one of the generation’s top rock climbers and charismatic personalities, was one of two men killed in a BASE-jumping accident at Yosemite National Park in California on Saturday.