re: The Dark Wizard-HBO Doc (Dean Potter is a legend)

Yeah. I know he doesn’t intend it, but still comes off like a prick.

Ep 4 neatly tied up most loose ends.

Crazy they showed the exact moment Dean impacted. Glad they showed where and how.

Dude was one crazy beast; the China slackline was completely insane.

Cool series and Dean should be proud.

I had followed Dean for years as a climber and reading Outside mag and such back whenever print magazines were a real thing. When he got super into wingsuiting and such, I didn't really follow him that closely, so I didn't really know much about his personal life toward the end.

All that to say: damn! I didn't expect them to go full redemption arc with him seeming to find some sense of family and happiness. Made the death that much more gut-wrenching. I always just sort of thought that the latter part of his life matched the earlier, where he was an insatiable thrill seeker always pushing the limits and just ended up paying the consequences. I didn't really know that he'd entered into a solid relationship and become a lot more stable.

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I think that Honold is similar in that he doesn't mean to come off as a dick, but he just does at times anyway.

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I love people like this though. at least you always know where you stand with them. does it cause ruffled feathers? Sure. but damn it sure cuts a lot of the bullshite out.

Binged this last night. What an epic documentary. Thought it was really well done. Dean’s death at the end after he finally found some peace and stability was brutal. He had some demons and to me it seemed like he had ADHD. That competitive spirit that he just couldn’t quite suppress ended up getting him in the end.

Seemed like such a freak thing that both him and Graham just happened to BOTH frick up on the same flight. Started cuttin onions when they showed his dog still living at the end.

Binged it today. Loved it.
I'm a sucker for climbing docs even though I'd never do any of that shite.

I find the Alex Honnold being a prick taking up half this thread interesting... As if to say Dean wasn't one. He lost half, if not most, of his friends by being a prick.

I think in order to be that elite at a sport that you're putting yourself on deaths doorstep every time you go out there then you are pretty damn selfish. It comes with the territory.

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Alex Honnold is such a prick.

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He’s got an ego for sure but he and Potter appeared to make peace before Potter died.