The Man Who Can Fly- Dean Potter

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Relic

Social climber
Vancouver, BC
Jan 27, 2013 - 03:46am PT
Can't believe I missed this one. I've been waiting to see this since summer of '11 when the crew was in Squamish filming it. I was most excited to see my buddy Jim Martinello climbing Mt. Butte and Damien Kelly too. Way to go boys!

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/videos/the-man-who-can-fly/
Big Mike

Trad climber
BC
Jan 27, 2013 - 04:04pm PT
Ya me too! Ryan's link is gone. Too cool tho, saw a clip at reel rock awhile ago for it but have not yet seen the full production.

As to when we will see someone die, answer is you don't. You just hear about it after and cry.

RIP Shayne.
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
extraordinaire
Apr 6, 2014 - 02:53am PT
Looks like you now can only buy to view on Amazon (2 bucks).
The segment of soloing the upper part of Freerider has been cleansed from the internet otherwise.
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
Apr 6, 2014 - 03:39am PT
The man who dares not do it, should not interrupt the man doing it.

Did Dean Potter step on a few sore toes when he soloed the Compressor route on Cerro Torre in 11 hours?

To what extent did this motivate the forces behind the later chopping actions? I'm not primarily talking about the choppers.

Well, looking back at older threads I can also see there's some very real environmental and self-promotional concerns...

http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=192082&msg=192082#msg192082

"For the past four years or so, I've been going up there kind of obsessively and looking at it in every possible light," Potter told the Salt Lake Tribune on Tuesday. "I had to do it in the morning, since the lighting is better--my sponsor's logos didn't turn out good last tim--I mean," said Potter, interrupting himself, "I mean, my celebration of nature through slack-lining just naturally led to this when a raven flew overhead and told me that me, and only me, could celebrate my oneness with Delicate Arch."

If the quote is right...
apogee

climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
Jun 10, 2014 - 02:19pm PT
Bump
apogee

climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
Jun 10, 2014 - 07:55pm PT

BASE jumping with your dog strapped to your back?

Seriously, Dean?
Tfish

Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
Jun 10, 2014 - 09:42pm PT
That sh#t is rad. He is so good to whisper. I met him at the buttermilks like 2 years ago and he gave me some advice for my dog. She was a brat and would always run off, but he told me to let her free and trust her and she'll come back, she just needs to explore. So I let her off the leash and she ran off but kept coming back every 5 mins to check in. It was so cool, I'm so stoked to have had that experience with Dean and to meet Whisper.
apogee

climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
Jun 10, 2014 - 09:44pm PT
Seriously?
Tfish

Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
Jun 10, 2014 - 09:53pm PT
Yeah I'm serious. You're seriously the hugest online kook. Go cry to Obama or something. Do you even climb or just cry online?
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
extraordinaire
Jun 10, 2014 - 10:40pm PT
Pet owners look at them as kids.
He probably wanted to start a family with Steph.
Tfish

Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
Jun 10, 2014 - 11:00pm PT
Exactly, dogs are like kids and you want to share experiences with them. Otherwise they'd be stuck in a kennel or something.
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