Wing-suit flying can be safe if you are highly practiced and skilled and follow the fundamental rules of questioning yourself and waiting… — Dean Potter Right Copy Share Image
I got Whisper when she was a little puppy and I hated leaving her at home, because I would go on these… — Dean Potter Day Copy Share Image
Yosemite really brings out my creativity. It's such a powerful place, there's some sort of amazing energy going on that fuels me. — Dean Potter Amazing Copy Share Image
Many of my hardest climbs were done with one or both feet barefoot. — Dean Potter Barefoot Copy Share Image
My feet look like hooves-like, fake-leather bottoms and funky toenails - and I scrub them with a big stiff-bristled nylon brush you'd… — Dean Potter Big Copy Share Image
I know I'm just as mortal as everybody else and I think about that quite a bit, but I really do feel… — Dean Potter Death Copy Share Image
We who walk the narrow line have stood for free thinking for thousands of years. Let us continue balancing within the world… — Dean Potter Free thinking Copy Share Image
When I think about doing something, I think: Will I survive a million out of a million times? — Dean Potter I think Copy Share Image
On the highline my thoughts are simple and clear. Fundamental needs shine through the mental clutter. I focus completely on my breath,… — Dean Potter Connection Copy Share Image
I know my family's adventures must scare a lot of you who have rarely or never been into the wild or are… — Dean Potter Adventure Copy Share Image
For two summers, I lived up on the Eiger for close to 40 days. It was in a tent under this overhang… — Dean Potter Blue Copy Share Image
If I have a combination of calm and fear, I access mental states way beyond normal consciousness. That's why I choose to… — Dean Potter Calm Copy Share Image
I grew up in the 1970s. It was a super open-minded time. I was taught through my parents and TV that everything… — Dean Potter Fly Copy Share Image
With the highlining I'm not blocking out the fear, I'm feeling the fear and absorbing everything that's around me, trying to calm… — Dean Potter Calm Copy Share Image
I know I'm not a cutting-edge free climber. Free soloing, I'm comfortable to 5.10-plus or 5.11a. But if I was a grade… — Dean Potter Amazing 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 Awareness Copy Share Image
Free soloing is just the most natural way man can climb. It's just using your hands and feet without any use of… — Dean Potter Feet 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… — Dean Potter Airplane Copy Share Image
People think that in order for nature to be sacred, you have to separate yourself from it. — Dean Potter Nature 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 Control Copy Share Image
