Dean Potter, Extreme Climber, Dies in BASE-Jumping Accident at Yosemite

Dean Potter, one of the generation’s top rock climbers and charismatic personalities, was one of two men killed in a BASE-jumping accident at Yosemite National Park in California on Saturday. Potter, 43, and the other man, Graham Hunt, 29, leapt near dusk off Taft Point. Flying in wingsuits, they tried to clear a notch in the granite cliffs but instead smashed into the rocks in quick succession.
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