Extreme Athlete Dean Potter, 2nd Man Found Dead in Yosemite National Park

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[BenLurkin]

Extreme athlete Dean Potter and another man were found dead Sunday in Yosemite National Park after an apparent BASE jumping accident, park officials said.

Potter and Graham Hunt were jumping Saturday night from Taft Point, a 7,500-foot peak above Yosemite Valley, park spokesman Scott Gediman said.

[PROCON]

Ha, I feel smug because my sport of Extreme Lazyassness is safer.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Why would anybody jump off a perfectly good cliff? Just saying. :-)

[Baynative]

Let me help ...

"...found dead Sunday in Yosemite National Park after an apparent illegal BASE jumping accident"

[MeshugeMikey]

extreme athlete... extreme risk..extreme payoff?

[Resolute Conservative]

An empty life needs the constant adrenaline rush.

[PROCON]

And of course it could be man-made gravity-change that contributed to his death.

[bigbob]

Extreme athlete, ordinarily dead.

[gorush]

As an adrenaline junky who has made it to old age, I question your assumption that the deceased led an “empty life”.

[Baynative]

The Lazy Boy Nationals are coming up - you had better be practicing.

[TMA62]

“An empty life needs the constant adrenaline rush.”

Post of the day.

[BitWielder1]

I feel sorry for their families and those who had to pick up the pieces, but for the jumpers themselves...
The risks were part of the thrill, it's not like they didn't know it was dangerous.
They died doing what they loved. Not a bad deal. They won't complain.

[Vigilanteman]

I get my exercise mowing my 1/5th acre kingdom with a reel mower. Best of all, I can do it in the early morning while it is still cool without disturbing my neighbors with a sound no louder than CLICKETY-CLICK.

[Doomonyou]

They didn’t deploy their chutes.

[ecomcon]

At the age of 5, Potter tried to climb the stone wall that surrounded his family's temporary home , but fell on his head, she said.

Alrighty then.

[circlecity]

Gravity - it’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.

[logi_cal869]

From one perspective I observe that few of us will actually die doing what we love.

From another I observe the total recklessness of this hack for not wearing a locator so rescuers would be able to find the adrenaline junkie, dead/injured/alive, without major waste of resources and risk to YSAR staff & volunteers’ safety...

[circlecity]

Gravity - it’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.

[gorush]

There is no such thing as gravity...the Earth sucks! (old skydiving joke)

[wrench]

A successful base jump is just a failed suicide attempt.

see also : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND125CLqGOc