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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. He won the Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year in 2003.
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,...
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...
May 22, 2015 · Pioneering climber and BASE-jumper Dean Potter defied convention to his last day.
Feb 8, 2023 · Dean Potter was a daredevil who reveled in the danger of his favorite pastimes and his career. From free-solo rock climbing, to BASE jumping, highlining, win...
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.
May 18, 2015 · Climber Dean Potter died this weekend while BASE jumping in Yosemite National Park. NPR's Melissa Block talks with his friend, the photographer Dean Fidelman, about Potter's life and work.
