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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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May 18, 2015 - 12:21am PT
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Another forum member asked me for contact info today for someone that had had a mutual friend that died. They were from New Hampshire but it wasn't Dean Potter. Some other climber from New Hampshire also recently passed. My sincere condolences to all the family and friends. Strange day, indeed.
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Avery
climber
NZ
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May 18, 2015 - 12:37am PT
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Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you planned:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
Christina Georgina Rossetti
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Bullwinkle
Boulder climber
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May 18, 2015 - 12:45am PT
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bpope
climber
Sunnyvale, CA
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May 18, 2015 - 12:48am PT
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I'm not sure in what other "sport" we see our heroes and role models pass away while still pushing standards.
Condolences to all of Dean's and Graham's families, friends, and loved ones.
"I started realizing that maybe it wasn't me falling to my death that I was dreaming about as a little boy. Maybe it was me flying..." - Dean Potter, in the closing lines of "Fly or Die" (2010)
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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May 18, 2015 - 03:30am PT
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To tHe Xream of our crop
My hart breaks for all
Just that same night I finally saw Valley Uprising!
Yikes boys and girls
We play with. A cruel pal
She takes so much, we take from her
But gravity kills
Passings and death as we approach the 25th of May had been in the cards .. .
Please be carful for the rest of your lives
But especially so for the next ten days?
Peace to us all -
they were the visionary's of peaceful flight. -
F. I. P.
And prayers of consolation tons of tears and healing, for every one.
Send a project in the memory of these great men
They represent the core , hart of STOKE,
Monkey eyes high!
Wayno? ?
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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May 18, 2015 - 03:33am PT
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I was at the crack house yesterday. After boulderng a while I went for a bike ride down the hill. As I came back up and passed the crack house again, I saw some people bouldering and a guy in an adaptive off-road Wheelchair rig who I later learned was part of the telluride adaptive sports crew. It made me think about Dean's frenetic video of climbing the crack house, and the one of him carrying a para climber who had just summited el cap down the east ledges.
Interesting and varied life, I thought.
When I got back to my car and loaded up my bike, I checked my phone and had a text of the tragic news.
RIP Dean and Graham
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OR
Trad climber
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May 18, 2015 - 04:39am PT
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UUUUgh. …Just saw this on the news. RIP boys. Awful
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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May 18, 2015 - 05:03am PT
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Don't know that much about it, Randisi, but at 100% fatality (at least for wingsuiters) I would be inclined to think it is!
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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May 18, 2015 - 05:05am PT
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zen and mania collide
within our hearts.
seek nothing one moment,
and the next moment
finds us balancing
everything on a dime edge.
stillness.
then speed.
contentedness.
then anxiety.
reclusiveness
and then lonliness.
life and then death.
did dean get the speed record for living?
or does the clock begin to wind backwards
and no longer is he chasing the wind,
instead he is dragging onward
when it wants to rest.
i don't know,
but i like the
way that he flung himself
through life when
he wasn't letting
life fling by.
our souls are ripe for
eating and life is just
a cave in which we hide
from aweful predators
like god and fear
and depression and hate
and, whatever.
thanks dean.
and thanks to
all of you other foolish geniuses
that guise this existence
so well.
i love this costume party.
and everyone in attendance.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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May 18, 2015 - 05:59am PT
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What incredibly sad news to wake up to. My deepest condolences to the families and friends of Dean and Graham. If someone who only knew of them can feel this badly, I can only imagine what those who knew and loved them must be going through right now.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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May 18, 2015 - 06:01am PT
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He certainly had a major influence on this crew. Was so shocked to hear we lost another great one.
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d-know
Trad climber
electric lady land
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May 18, 2015 - 06:12am PT
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Farewell to one of the
champions of our
collective endeavors.
Thanks for the motivation
and inspiration.
Dino.
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Bad Climber
climber
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May 18, 2015 - 06:21am PT
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It's so hard to lose our heroes. It's strange that those of us who never met him still feel we've lost something essential. I'd like to know more about Graham Hunt. If he was flying with Dean, he was no doubt quite the character. Peace to the fallen and their friends and family.
BAd
Scott
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EdwardT
Trad climber
Retired
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May 18, 2015 - 06:27am PT
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RIP Dean Potter.
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whitemeat
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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May 18, 2015 - 06:32am PT
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Holy f*#k! So god damn sad, Never met him but always thought he was the man...
RIP Graham Hunt and Dean Potter!
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east side underground
climber
paul linaweaver hilton crk ca
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May 18, 2015 - 06:33am PT
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condolences to the families of Dean and Graham.....damn
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CA.Timothy
climber
California
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May 18, 2015 - 06:54am PT
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did dean get the speed record for living?
dig it.
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Fish Finder
climber
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May 18, 2015 - 07:12am PT
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Risk is Life
Risk is Death
RIP Graham Hunt and Dean Potter!
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Watermann2
Mountain climber
Saluzzo Italia
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May 18, 2015 - 07:15am PT
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Grande Dean e Grande Graham Riposate in pace .
La morte non è niente, io sono solo andato
nella stanza accanto.
Io sono io. Voi siete voi.
Ciò che ero per voi lo sono sempre.
Datemi il nome che mi avete sempre dato.
Parlatemi come mi avete sempre parlato.
Non usate mai un tono diverso.
Non abbiate un’aria solenne o triste.
Continuate a ridere di ciò che ci faceva
ridere insieme.
Sorridete, pensate a me, pregate per me.
Che il mio nome sia pronunciato in casa
come lo è sempre stato.
Senza alcuna enfasi, senza alcuna ombra
di tristezza.
La vita ha il significato di sempre.
Il filo non è spezzato.
Perchè dovrei essere fuori dai vostri pensieri?
Semplicemente perchè sono fuori dalla vostra vista?
Io non sono lontano da voi.
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