This concept of turning dying into flying is a metaphor for my basic life principle. — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
My whole life I've always innovated the gear to match my pursuits. I've innovated the best climbing gear, the best slacklining gear,… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
It's going to hurt if I fall. I don't want to deal with that, I want to prove that it can be… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I think everybody has a dream of flying at least once in their life. For me, it's been over and over a… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I'm more proud of how many times I haven't jumped than how many times I have jumped. Sometimes walking down, I've saved… — 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'm addicted to the heightened awareness I get when there's a death consequence. My vision is sharper, and I'm more sensitive to… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I hydrate obsessively, limit processed foods, and make a conscious attempt to eat and drink pure things, organic foods. I've noticed that… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Each time I saw a cliff, I wondered whether I could free solo it. My life shaped itself around the understanding that… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
When I go out there untethered, the feelings that I slip I die totally overwhelms me. I am after the feeling of… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
Calmly spinning, I scan as far away as I can see. The last rays of the day's sun warm my back and… — 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… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I had trouble focusing as a child and I still sort of do, but when you climb and you're going to die… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I think everybody has a dream of flying at least once in their life. For me, it's been over and over a… — Dean Potter Copy Share Image
I don't want to die, but I'm ok putting it all out there for the most beautiful expression of my life. — 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
