Dean Potter
✶April 14, 1972
†May 16, 2015
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✶April 14, 1972
†May 16, 2015
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Dean Spaulding Potter was an American rock climber, alpinist, BASE jumper, and highliner, who invented the extreme sport of FreeBASE. He completed many technically hard first free ascents, free solo ascents, speed ascents, and enchainments in Yosemite National Park and in Patagonia. He won the Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year award in 2003. In 2015, he died in a wingsuit flying accident at Yosemite National Park.
American rock climber (1972–2015)
Biography from the article Dean Potter on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.