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couchmaster
climber
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May 17, 2015 - 07:16pm PT
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Dean was such an uber mensch of heroic stature. Didn't know Graham but he must have been both a bad ass and a good guy to be hanging with Dean. Hard to believe anything could ever happen to Dean. To me: yes. To you: yes. To Dean, no - no way. The guy was on the next dimension and he had such a powerful presence on so many levels. Wow, condolences only begins to say it......hugs to his loved ones and those close to them both. Deans spirit will most assuredly be missed on this earth.
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westhegimp
Social climber
granada hills
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May 17, 2015 - 07:20pm PT
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So sorry to hear this. Condolences to the family and friends. RIP
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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May 17, 2015 - 07:30pm PT
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keep on flying high guys.
Condolences to the families and many many friends.
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Yvergenhauf
Trad climber
Portland, OR
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May 17, 2015 - 07:31pm PT
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So sad to hear. Dean was an inspiring individual. Condolences to friends and family.
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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May 17, 2015 - 07:39pm PT
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When continually pushing on the limits of the possible sooner or later one is confronted with the impossible.
Hopefully the pair don't have dependents that they are leaving behind.
Condolences to family and freinds.
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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May 17, 2015 - 07:48pm PT
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Sad news. Peace to their family, friends, and loved ones.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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May 17, 2015 - 07:54pm PT
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Katie Ives wrote a beautiful tribute she posted on Facebook that gives a glimpse of the inner Dean Potter as a generous person and friend.
https://www.facebook.com/katie.ives.94?fref=nf
RIP Graham and Dean.
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Studly
Trad climber
WA
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May 17, 2015 - 07:57pm PT
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These guys were living more in one day then most people live in a lifetime. Guys like Dean and Graham, I'm thinking they didn't really die, but just got promoted to the next level. Salute!
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Rankin
Social climber
Greensboro, North Carolina
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May 17, 2015 - 08:00pm PT
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So so sorry to hear this terrible news. RIP Dean and Graham.
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marty(r)
climber
beneath the valley of ultravegans
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May 17, 2015 - 08:02pm PT
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See you on the next world...
Also, a nice throwback piece from Alpinist 0.
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gonzo chemist
climber
the east coast, for now.
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May 17, 2015 - 08:13pm PT
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RIP Dean and Graham.
DP has been a big inspiration to me for these past twelve years I've been climbing. That guy was a master of so many disciplines.
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Mark Force
Trad climber
Ashland, Oregon
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May 17, 2015 - 08:21pm PT
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Only the idea of death makes a man sufficiently detached so he can't deny himself anything. A man of that sort, however, does not crave, for he has acquired a silent lust for life and for all things of life. He knows his death is stalking him and won't give him time to cling to anything, so he tries, without craving, all of everything.”
~ Carlos Castaneda, A Separate Reality
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SeaToSky
Mountain climber
Vancouver, BC
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May 17, 2015 - 08:29pm PT
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To Dean and Grant's friends and family...
I'm so sorry. My wife and I will be praying you as you grieve.
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bringmedeath
climber
la la land
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May 17, 2015 - 08:46pm PT
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So sad, Dean was an amazing person. Thank you for the memories. Fly free Dean!
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Karl Baba
Trad climber
Yosemite, Ca
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May 17, 2015 - 09:01pm PT
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Fly High Dean. Enjoy the Greatest Epic of All. Blesses to those who will miss him.
Maybe growing old isn't for everyone
Peace and Love
Karl
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MESA97
climber
Newberg, OR
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May 17, 2015 - 09:08pm PT
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Prayers and condolences to family and friends. :)
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MikeL
Social climber
Seattle, WA
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May 17, 2015 - 09:11pm PT
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Peace.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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May 17, 2015 - 09:11pm PT
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Warriors both. A very sad day. My true condolences and heartfelt grief for those that knew them well.
Scott
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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May 17, 2015 - 09:12pm PT
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"To be, or not to be, that is the question—
Whether 'tis Nobler in the mind to suffer
The Slings and Arrows of outrageous Fortune,
Or to take Arms against a Sea of troubles,
And by opposing, end them? To die, to sleep—
No more; and by a sleep, to say we end
The Heart-ache, and the thousand Natural shocks
That Flesh is heir to? 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep,
To sleep, perchance to Dream; Aye, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes Calamity of so long life:
For who would bear the Whips and Scorns of time,
The Oppressor's wrong, the proud man's Contumely,
The pangs of despised Love, the Law’s delay,
The insolence of Office, and the Spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his Quietus make
With a bare Bodkin? Who would these Fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered Country, from whose bourn
No Traveller returns, Puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have,
Than fly to others that we know not of.
Thus Conscience does make Cowards of us all,
And thus the Native hue of Resolution
Is sicklied o'er, with the pale cast of Thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment,
With this regard their Currents turn awry,
And lose the name of Action."
Shakespeare
Best of thoughts to these fine men and their loved ones.
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