Extreme Athlete Dean Potter Dead After BASE Jumping Accident

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Dean Potter, an extreme sport athlete, died in a BASE jumping accident on Saturday.

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Dean Potter, 43, died after BASE jumping from Taft Point, which is about 3,000 feet above Yosemite Valley. He was joined by Graham Hunt in the jump and both of them were found dead on Sunday, reports The Los Angeles Times.

According to Salt Lake Tribune, both Dean Potter and Graham Hunt were wearing wing suits when they jumped to help them glide. However, their parachutes hadn’t been deployed.

“When I was a little boy, my first memory was a flying dream. In my dream, I flew — and I also fell,” Dean Potter told L.A. Times last year. “I always wondered as I got older if it was some premonition of falling to my death.”

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