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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 .
May 17, 2015 · Dean Potter was a visionary and influential climber, highliner, and wingsuit BASE jumper who died in 2015. He was known for his speed records, free soloing, and inventing new hybrid sports.
May 17, 2015 · Dean Potter and Graham Hunt perished in a wingsuit flight from Taft Point, a 7,500-foot cliff in Yosemite National Park. Potter was a renowned extreme athlete who pioneered free-basing, slacklining, and BASE jumping with his dog Whisper.
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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 ...
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...
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May 18, 2015 · Dean Potter was a world-class rock climber and one of the most experienced wingsuit BASE jumpers in the world. He died in Yosemite in 2015, along with Graham Hunt, after a wingsuit flight from Taft Point.
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.
