I've always been somewhat of a loner. I seem to take more alone time that the average person. — Dean Potter Alone Copy Share Image
We call the rangers 'the tool.' They're just kind of a tool of the government machine. They don't use their own mind. — Dean Potter Government Copy Share Image
I had a unique style, I didn't care about how things were done in the past, and I just did what felt… — Dean Potter Done Copy Share Image
My parents didn't want to believe their son was 200 feet up, free-soloing. They liked to go on long walks and runs,… — Dean Potter Believe Copy Share Image
It's one of the most fundamental desires of man, of being free and flying unhindered, and it really seems to go a… — Dean Potter Being free Copy Share Image
I consider myself a rock climber but the definition of rock climbing as has changed. — Dean Potter Changed 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 Life 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 Dream Copy Share Image
My mom was a yoga teacher back in the 1960s, so I observed a lot of the practice. It's movement of the… — Dean Potter Awareness Copy Share Image
I'm so in tune with rocks and nature. On any rock around the world, if I hurt the rock, I feel like… — Dean Potter Around the world 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 Air Copy Share Image
I can calm myself by an intense will, and also by the simple ability to focus in the most dangerous situation on… — Dean Potter Calm Copy Share Image
My dad was in the army for most of my youth. He was very regimented and I learned to train from him. — Dean Potter Army Copy Share Image
With my height in high school, I was really thinking basketball. But I guess I wasn't that good, because my sophomore year… — Dean Potter Basketball Copy Share Image
I'm not saying take your dog wingsuit flying. But if we can take Whisper BASE jumping or climbing, maybe you can take… — Dean Potter Better Copy Share Image
If you're thousands of feet up with just a thin piece of webbing that you're standing on, it's really a sensation of… — Dean Potter Air Copy Share Image
For some reason, BASE jumping is misunderstood and our government forbids it and makes it illegal in most every place in the… — Dean Potter Country 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 Arms 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 Always Copy Share Image
Every time I go out and do something, Hans panics and starts trying to beat me. He's like a dog humping your… — Dean Potter Beats Copy Share Image
When you do things that are different and extreme, some people like it and some people don't. I don't really care if… — Dean Potter Care Copy Share Image
I also know for a fact of at least two other ascents of the Delicate Arch. But when 'Outside' did their research,… — Dean Potter Anything Copy Share Image
Entranced by the flight of a raven, I watch its shadow move effortlessly against golden, shimmering granite. I long to be that… — Dean Potter Alive Copy Share Image
The most beautiful experiences I've had climbing are when everything is simplified. Free soloing is the simplest thing, until you learn to… — Dean Potter Air Copy Share Image
