I started free-soloing harder and harder routes, kind of proving to myself that I could take control of this, pretty much the biggest fear I had - falling to my death. — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I was taking my advance freefall course, doing my level 1 jump. My heart was racing. Like I said, I have a lot of fear with falling, so I panicked. Then I let go of the door of the airplane… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Thirty guys equals five percent die-off among active wingsuit base jumpers. That means there's a flaw in our system and you're an idiot if… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Part of me says it's kind of crazy to think you can fly your human body. Another part of me thinks all of us… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Climbing for me is about being free. It's just to move and be uninhibited and feel and tap into the connection with nature. — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Most people in my life who didn't follow their dreams weren't happy. Their lives seem so strange. — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I think my dad's dream really was just to have a good family, treat them well, to keep them together, and he did everything… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I got a lot of inspiration and encouragement from my friend and ultra-runner Scott Jurek. — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Often in normal life I'm just constricted to what I see, maybe, and hear. But when I climb and when I'm out in the… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I don't have a lot of pressure on myself to be successful. I'm more of an artist. I just try to make myself more… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
In climbing, if you injure just one finger you can't do it. But with slacklining as long as you can walk, you can walk… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
When I was a little boy, my first memory was a flying dream. In my dream, I flew - and I also fell. I… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
More and more people seem to be separating from nature. I'm trying to go in a different direction. I'm getting closer and closer. — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
A lot of people confuse free climbing with free solo. Free climbing is when we use ropes, but we only make upward progress with… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I have this unbeatable move where no matter what happens I can catch the line - it's the number one thing I practice -… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
