Dean Potter
Dean Potter 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. He has set multiple speed records in Yosemite. In Patagonia, Dean 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 off those feats by free soloing the first ascent of Californian Roulette on Fitzroy, a route that had been tried since 1969. In the last twelve years, Dean has also been at the forefront of slack lining (walking on a length of springy nylon line, often at dizzying heights).
Dean Potter 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. He has set multiple speed records in Yosemite. In Patagonia, Dean 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 off those feats by free soloing the first ascent of Californian Roulette on Fitzroy, a route that had been tried since 1969. In the last twelve years, Dean has also been at the forefront of slack lining (walking on a length of springy nylon line, often at dizzying heights).
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