Dean Potter

AERIALIST, FREE CLIMBER,
BASE JUMPER

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

- Only person to free climb Yosemite's Half Dome & El Cap in one day
- Made first free ascent & first one-day ascent of Yosemite's Mt. Watkins
- First ever free solo of Fitzroy (via Supercanaleta) in Patagonia

BACKGROUND

One of the most innovative climbers in the world, Dean Potter hopes to use his big wall and alpine skills in combination with his most recent obsessions of BASE-jumping and birdmanning to evolve the sport of climbing to another plane.

Dean is the only person to free climb Yosemite's Half Dome and El Cap in a single day. He also made the first free ascent of Mount Watkins, Yosemite's other Grade VI wall, as well as its first one-day ascent.

In Patagonia, Dean shocked the alpine world with three solos of the biggest peaks, Fitzroy and Cerro Torre. He made the first ever free solo of Fitzroy, via the Supercanaleta, and then followed it with the Compressor Route on Cerro Torre, becoming the first to solo both peaks. He topped it off by free soloing the first ascent of Californian Roulette on Fitzroy, a route that had been tried unsuccessfully since 1969.

Dean is currently working on a film that is breaking new ground in the climbing world, The Aerialist.

RELATED POSTS

Adventuring Vicariously: Reel Rock Film Tour

9.4.08 | by stantoncompany

Source: JAUNTED As you know, there's not much we like more than movies and adventure travel, so when we heard about the Reel Rock Film Tour, we were naturally pretty excited. A traveling film festival devoted to flicks about rock climbing and other adventure sports, Reel Rock is screening movies about bouldering in South Africa, rafting through the Grand Canyon (read more)

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Dean Potter Featured in The New York Times

3.14.08 | by stantoncompany

Dean Potter was featured in today's issue of The New York Times.  The story outlines Dean's recent activities as he continues to pursue his goal of human flight.  Click here to read the full story.

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Dean Potter Slacklines

1.2.08 | by stantoncompany

Check out the below video of Dean Potter slacklining without a harness, hundreds of feet up.  Truely amazing! (read more)

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Steph Davis and Dean Potter Featured at Krakow Mountain Festival

12.5.07 | by stantoncompany

Steph Davis and Dean Potter will be featured at the Krakow Mountain Festival which runs from December 5th-9th. The festival, in its fifth iteration, will feature numerous climbers, mountain film shows, workshops, lectures, and panel discussions. To read the full story, click here.

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Steph Davis and Dean Potter in Outside Blog

5.30.07 | by stantoncompany

Dean Potter and Steph Davis received a mention in Outside Magazine's "Outside Blog" posting which recapped the Mountainfilm at Telluride. Dean's feature film The Aerialist was screened at the festival. (read more)

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