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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Potter
http://www.reddit.com/r/climbing/com..._base_jumping/
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From the footnotes http://www.climbing.com/news/dean-po...-in-base-jump/
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i first saw something in camp4's instagram
camp4collective His shadow, the black bird. And it said "fly with me." So he flew. Fly peacefully @deanpotter, you will be deeply missed.
https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/hp...57805271_n.jpg
Most I've seen is the thread currently running on ST and that reddit thread. Climbing site wouldn't load for me either.
Wasn't really a fan after the Mount Watkins thing, among others, but he was certainly a force. Sad to see him go.
ugh sounds like it's been confirmed- http://gripped.com/news/dean-potter-dies-base-jumping/
very sad news
Dean was a friend of mine...I always wondered if and when this day would come. RIP Dean. You were amazing. Such a generous and kind soul. See you on the other side of the mountain.
10x as bright! R.I. P.
god, wingsuiting and base are fucking retarded.
RIP, Dean.
What a bummer. I remember meeting Dean in the Valley when I sold him a pocket knife in the Yosemite store. It was his first week in the Valley and he was barely 20. He flashed just about every classic hard crack in the first few days. Camp 4 was abuzz talking about the new young hardman. The guy was a fucking stud. RIP Dean and Graham. Awful news.
Sad news for the climbing community, but these guys push the limits of whats "safe" imho. I doubt it'll be long before we read this same story about Honnold. In my eyes, its only a matter of time. Guys like this live off the adrenaline rush, its like a bad drug addiction. They won't stop til its over for good.
RIP Dean.
http://www.outsideonline.com/1981591/dean-potter-killed-base-jumping-accident
Didn't really know him but I can't say this is a shocker, or a waste of life. Just is. Thanks to all those who push the envelope.
Article said another man died but his girlfriend and dog survived?
"Survived by"Quote:
Originally Posted by scottyb
Rip, sad to see him pass. So full of talent & energy. Not one to be forgotten any time soon.
At least he died doing what he loved.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/18...mite.html?_r=0
"Potter, 43, and the other man, Graham Hunt, 29, leapt near dusk off Taft Point, a promontory about 3,000 feet above the floor of Yosemite Valley, not far from the iconic granite masses of El Capitan and Half Dome. Flying in wingsuits, they tried to clear a notch in the granite cliffs but instead smashed into the rocks in quick succession."
Ugh, that must have been an ugly scene. Vibes to their loved ones and the recovery crew. RIP to them both. Dean was a truly remarkable human being.
You can't partake in zero-margin-for-error activities with the frequency that Dean did without it catching up to you eventually. I wonder how long before impact they knew they were going to hit and were powerless to stop it? Anyone who has ever sent a big gap skiing will tell you that you know if you are going to make it or not the moment you leave the lip. I have to imagine it's similar when approaching an obstacle in a wingsuit. Even if it was only a fraction of a second, in that moment a split second lasts a very long time.
Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by TruckeeLocal
Threading the needle in a wing suit is about as risky an activity anyone can do. He loved it and died doing it.
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Originally Posted by Dantheman
ugh, that's gruesome.Quote:
On Saturday evening, Potter and Hunt climbed to the cliff’s edge of Taft Point and leapt. A spotter at the top watched them descend and fly with their outstretched wingsuits. Once they fell out of sight, Gauthier said, she heard a “pop-pop” sound from below. She had hoped it was the smacking sound of their chutes opening somewhere in the darkening depths of the valley.
wtf are you talking about "adrenaline rush" BASE and soloing are the exact opposite of what you describe. If you were trying to rock climb with adrenaline pumping through your veins you wouldnt get very far...Quote:
Originally Posted by Skidog
Also Dead died BASE jumping not soloing like Alex. Get your shit straight
Yes, this ^^^. Saved me the trouble of posting the same thing, though I agree with the other poster about the adrenaline. More like endorphins.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skidog
Registered here just to post this huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by COmountainclimber
I knew Dean before he was famous, when he first came west and came through Montana, 19 years old...he crashed on my floor for a few months in Missoula. He worked at a golf bag factory to make some coin, he sent all our hardest routes on sight (that 6'5" reach!), and did hundreds of pull ups on my hangboard every night while everybody else sat around drinking beer. Little did we know the path he was on, but you could see the determination already in his eyes.
Before he left he gave me a chalk bag that he'd sewn when he worked at Wild Things in North Conway. When he became famous I always took pleasure in telling people that Dean Potter made my chalk bag.
Over the years I would see him at the Outdoor Retailer show, and he always assured me that what he was doing was very calculated and safe, but of course we both knew it wasn't like that. The guy was very humble for somebody who was such an undisputed badass.
In the world of corporate-sponsored athletes, he was refreshingly outside the box, pursuing his vision regardless of what sponsors or the general public thought. He did not care. The level of athleticism and mental toughness he possessed is impossible for somebody like me to comprehend. I sometimes thought maybe he would be the exception and would not die because he was so incredibly talented. But one thing of which I'm certain is that Dean would tell you the life he lived was worth an early death.
^^^^this
A true pioneer.
Also glad he didn't have kids. RIP.
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vaya con Dios, amigo
Thanks for sharing that.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
Did they jump in poor visibility to avoid equipment being confiscated? Like that jumper who died on El Cap in a borrowed junky rig with different pull handle, or what it was?
Wingsuiting is nuts. But fun. Should do it one day. Off a plane.
BSBD
Thanks for the anecdote. This sort of stuff enriches my perspective, and will keep me scrolling through pages of endless inane posturing a while longer.Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
Funny cause nearly every interview ive EVER seen with a BASE jumper says that its the ADRENALINE that makes them do it. Now the climbing I could understand not wanting full on adrenaline pump and I guess i worded my post wrong. Didnt mean to connect the 2 really.Quote:
Originally Posted by COmountainclimber
When putting Dean and Alex in the same category I only meant from the free soloing side, Dean was first and foremost a climber. The risks associated with free soloing are low margin for error (like NONE). Same goes for wingsuiting. I get Dean died wing suiting, but he couldve just as easily died free soloing.
These dudes live life on an edge i cant even fathom.
I didn't know Dean, but I know his uncle. My kids are friends of his kids and his older daughter interned with my wife, all of which are Dean's cousins. It's a sad time for their family.
RIP Dean
Some new info: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/articl...no-6271703.php
And some of you here need to chill out with the judging. Let the man rest in peace.
This list isn't comprehensive by any means but should give some due credit to the cool shit Dean did.. pics stolen from the interwebz
http://s.ngm.com/2011/05/yosemite-cl...heaven-615.jpg
- In 1998, he set a different kind of speed record on Half Dome, climbing the technical Regular Northwest Face route (V 5.12a), mostly without a rope, and occasionally employing the use of a rope and gear to pull through the more technical cruxes of the route.
- Potter invented “free BASE,” which is free-soloing (climbing without a rope) tall walls (at least 1,000 feet in height) with a parachute for safety in the event of a fall.
- In 2006, Potter free-soloed Delicate Arch in Arches National Park.
- In 2009, Potter set a record in the wingsuit BASE jumping world for duration. Jumping from the Eiger North Face in Switzerland, he stayed in flight for 2 minutes and 50 seconds, a feat which made him one of our Adventurers of the Year. (Watch a video from his Eiger wingsuit flight.)
“Even when it meant losing sponsors and rubbing people the wrong way. Dean was refreshingly non-corporate, and always just balls-to-the-wall badass.” - Wright
http://adventureblog.nationalgeograp...ighine-590.jpg
I'm still using my dad's old chalk bag, did yours look like this?Quote:
Originally Posted by yeahman
https://www.tetongravity.com/images/...667__forum.jpg
I'm guessing more like this generation:
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This is the one Dean gave me.
http://i1281.photobucket.com/albums/...ps733rui7b.jpg
Ah, right on. Kinda neat either way to find out he worked there. Makes the connection less abstract.
why? what kid or adult would not want their (apparently loving) father to be there for them as they are growing up and into their adult life?Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
imo, he (dean) wouldn't have had as much time to do all the stuff that he was doing; he would have been dedicating at least some of his time being a parent. or he could have kept doing what he was doing and been a biological father but not a parent.
I don't think Dean would have done all that BASE if he had a kid...he was actually a very kind hearted guy and I don't think he would have wanted to leave a kid fatherless like that. I respect people like him and Steph Davis who do BASE jumping and proximity wingsuit flying but don't have kids. Their lives are their own to do with what they want.
BTW there's lots of Dean stories in Steph Davis's two books, High Infatuation and Learning to Fly, both of which I recommend. She is a badass and a good writer too.
of course they would want that. My point is that Kye Peterson is most likely glad to have been born, despite his fathers death.Quote:
Originally Posted by bodywhomper
yes, incredibly long. I imagine someone living that lifestyle is always sort of ready for the other shoe to drop....Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
I know for me, crashing motorcycles, both times the thought was like "well, you knew this was going to happen eventually, I guess this is it."
I've wondered a lot about what was going through Dean's mind those last few seconds. I read an interview with him once where he said in the back of his mind he thought there was a small chance he could land a crash like that. He said like ten percent of his mind thought he could land it and the rest of him knew he would die. I bet he tried with all his strength to pull up on that wingsuit and land it like a bird.Quote:
Originally Posted by YetiMan