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Guy who had death wish gets wish granted
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:22 pm
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"Extreme athlete and adventurer Dean Potter is dead after a failed attempt at wingsuit flight from Yosemite’s Taft Point. Potter held the speed climbing record for The Nose at El Capitan—one of climbing’s signature routes—three separate times, though his notoriety may stem from his more controversial acts, including a prolific career in BASE jumping and slacklining."
Was going to try to throw a pun out there, but they're all likely covered already in the deadspin comments section.
My money is on Alex Honnold being the next to bite it. Only a matter of time.
"Extreme athlete and adventurer Dean Potter is dead after a failed attempt at wingsuit flight from Yosemite’s Taft Point. Potter held the speed climbing record for The Nose at El Capitan—one of climbing’s signature routes—three separate times, though his notoriety may stem from his more controversial acts, including a prolific career in BASE jumping and slacklining."
Was going to try to throw a pun out there, but they're all likely covered already in the deadspin comments section.
My money is on Alex Honnold being the next to bite it. Only a matter of time.
This post was edited on 5/18/15 at 2:30 pm
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Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:27 pm to Chucktown_Badger
Great topic and post that reveals no information at all.
Also its already been posted
Also its already been posted
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:29 pm to barry
Well then search sucks. I checked. 
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:37 pm to Chucktown_Badger
Dude lived a life on his own terms as does Honnold....tough to throw barbs at them while sitting behind a desk typing on a computer. 
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:39 pm to cwill
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Dude lived a life on his own terms as does Honnold....tough to throw barbs at them while sitting behind a desk typing on a computer.
YOLO!!!
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:41 pm to Galactic Inquisitor
I don't see the sport in this.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:43 pm to Chucktown_Badger
Dude lived an exciting life.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:44 pm to boom roasted
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Dude lived an exciting life.
He died an exciting death, too. At least he didn't bring his poor dog this time.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:46 pm to Galactic Inquisitor
quote:Yup. He went quick.
He died an exciting death, too.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:48 pm to boom roasted
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Yup. He went quick.
Not necessarily.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:49 pm to Galactic Inquisitor
quote:Ok.
Not necessarily.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:51 pm to Galactic Inquisitor
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Not necessarily
He flew into a mountain and he wasn't in a plane. Just how long do you think he lasted?
Posted on 5/18/15 at 2:58 pm to VABuckeye
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He flew into a mountain and he wasn't in a plane. Just how long do you think he lasted?
It depends on things like angle of impact and level of brain trauma. I'm not saying he lived for 2 days.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 3:24 pm to cwill
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..tough to throw barbs at them while sitting behind a desk typing on a computer.
pretty easy actually. what's he going to do about it?
Posted on 5/18/15 at 3:24 pm to Galactic Inquisitor
I'm trying to figure out if I'm ok with the whole "died doing what he loves" thing.
Is he any less dead? Dude was 43. If someone told me I was going to die watching a Packer game at age 43, I wouldn't really be ok with that and I don't think people would use that statement in regards to my death.
The guy liked doing stuff that's really dangerous...and the fact that he risked his life like that so often is really the only reason he was famous.
Kinda weird that the Deadspin article doesn't say what happened that killed both of them.
Is he any less dead? Dude was 43. If someone told me I was going to die watching a Packer game at age 43, I wouldn't really be ok with that and I don't think people would use that statement in regards to my death.
The guy liked doing stuff that's really dangerous...and the fact that he risked his life like that so often is really the only reason he was famous.
Kinda weird that the Deadspin article doesn't say what happened that killed both of them.
This post was edited on 5/18/15 at 3:26 pm
Posted on 5/18/15 at 3:34 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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Jeez, the pictures alone are enough to make my anus clench impossibly tight; not watching the videos, no thank you.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 3:42 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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Kinda weird that the Deadspin article doesn't say what happened that killed both of them.
Ya, I know he jumped off a high place and hit the ground really hard, but what went wrong or what was he attempting to do, etc.?
Posted on 5/18/15 at 3:49 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
Two dudes died...maybe it was a tandem wingsuit that just didn't work? Did he have a blowout on one of his wings? Did he not realize he was as low as he was? Need the info.
This post was edited on 5/18/15 at 3:50 pm
Posted on 5/18/15 at 4:12 pm to Chucktown_Badger
There is a really interesting documentary which chronicles Potter, his cohorts and the history of climbing out in Yosemite. Crazy & brave. Discovery Channel - very similar in tone to Dogtown and Z- Boys. Highly recommend.
Posted on 5/18/15 at 4:14 pm to Chucktown_Badger
Read up on it. No one knows exactly what happened, people heard a sound but were not sure what it was from.
They were travelling a route using wingsuits and eventually took a path through a rocky area that is quite dangerous, most people who fly through Yosemite don't use that route due to the danger involved.
source: LINK
They were travelling a route using wingsuits and eventually took a path through a rocky area that is quite dangerous, most people who fly through Yosemite don't use that route due to the danger involved.
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"Potter and Hunt had been attempting to fly along terrain that required them to clear a notch in a rocky ridgeline. "It's kind of a trickier flight to go through this notch," Gauthier says. On Sunday morning, a state police helicopter was able to spot both bodies from the air. No parachutes had been deployed. Two rangers were then airlifted to the site to perform the recovery."
source: LINK
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