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Dean Spaulding Potter (April 14, 1972 – May 16, 2015) was an American free climber, alpinist, BASE jumper, and highliner. [2] 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. [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...
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 19, 2015 · Rock climber Dean Potter died in a BASE-jumping accident on Saturday. Here’s a computer-generated look at where the jump began and was to end. May 19, 2015 12:37 PM PT
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.
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 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Extreme athlete Dean Potter, renowned for his daring and sometimes rogue climbs and BASE jumps, was one of two men killed while attempting a wingsuit flight in Yosemite National Park, a park spokesman said Sunday.
May 18, 2015 · Dean Potter was the first person to free-solo “Heaven,” a difficult climb 2,000 feet above Yosemite Valley. Half Dome stands in the background.
May 18, 2015 · Dean Potter, 43, was killed along with his climbing partner Graham Hunt, 29, as they attempted a wingsuit flight in the park on Saturday.
May 18, 2015 · Potter, who grew up in New Boston, N.H. and attended the University of New Hampshire, was renowned for his daring and sometimes rogue climbs and BASE jumps, was one of two men killed after...