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  • Explorer: The Man Who Can Fly: Dean is finally ready to take an amazingly impressive leap, and the crew is dangling hundreds of feet in the air to shoot it.
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  • @sm0keyMcP0t420
    @sm0keyMcP0t420 8 лет назад +1294

    I think it would have been more interesting to see how they built that platform

    • @storms08
      @storms08 7 лет назад +24

      Exactly what I was thinking.

    • @BillSikes.
      @BillSikes. 7 лет назад +10

      I'd like to examine the spread pattern left by human impact, I'm told it's 7-8ft in diameter, can anyone verify this ?

    • @manuelalanis3860
      @manuelalanis3860 7 лет назад +5

      iWasNeverGivenAName and that's why you were never given a name!!

    • @HardRockMiner
      @HardRockMiner 7 лет назад +7

      iWasNeverGivenAName - I totally agree. Lke seriously HTF!?

    • @docwill184
      @docwill184 6 лет назад +12

      thinking same thing. also why so far down? cliff looks sheer to the top..

  • @apuuvah
    @apuuvah 5 лет назад +48

    BASE jumping wingsuit flyer, free solo big wall climber and slack liner at 3000 ft. I don't think there's ever been a dude guite like Dean Potter on this rock and I doubt there ever will be. Daredevil par none. Legend. Respect. R.I.P.

    • @davidowens5898
      @davidowens5898 3 года назад +7

      Yes. he managed to do all these stunts while not killing himself; whoa! Wait a minute......! Yes...he DID kill himself. Respect dude. Killing yourself: major respect.

    • @tatemcshane5632
      @tatemcshane5632 2 года назад +6

      @@davidowens5898 He packed way more fun into his short life than you ever will. Doesn’t sound so bad to me.

    • @ivanboesky1520
      @ivanboesky1520 2 года назад

      Darwin Award winner. No respect for a moron who plays moronic games to win a moronic prize. 😀

    • @ivanboesky1520
      @ivanboesky1520 2 года назад

      Tate McShane. Wrong moron. He just packed a lot of stupid moronic stunts into his life. And yes, only low IQ idiots like you think that is somehow great or due respect. LOL
      At the end of the day he was just another psychologically F’d up moronic adrenaline junky fool, who won himself a Darwin Award. 😀

    • @ivanboesky1520
      @ivanboesky1520 2 года назад

      @ David Owens. LOL, true indeed. Great respect to another adrenaline junky moron who won himself a Darwin Award. Yahooooo. 😀😀

  • @keenb641
    @keenb641 5 лет назад +275

    I clicked on this because the thumbnail looked like a priest in robes. I thought it would be a story about some mad priest that thought he could fly.

  • @ABCDEFGHIJKELA...
    @ABCDEFGHIJKELA... 3 года назад +18

    This is high functioning insanity imo, but I can't ignore that jump deck! that was the coolest thing about it, that's crazy engineering!

    • @dragalochta4531
      @dragalochta4531 3 года назад

      This is old school now. 9 years ago.
      What can I say?
      Time flies when you are having fun.🤣

    • @JeffreyGunner
      @JeffreyGunner 3 года назад

      Rip to Dean

  • @minxbynature
    @minxbynature 6 лет назад +78

    He wasn't flying, he was falling with style lol

    • @ffggddss
      @ffggddss 4 года назад +3

      Yes. He was gliding.
      Fred

    • @CreatureOTNight
      @CreatureOTNight 3 года назад

      Astronauts constantly fall, but do they do it in style?

  • @snakedike
    @snakedike 8 лет назад +10

    Some of these guys make it look so easy. But it's sad how many of them are gone now.

  • @oceansailing7726
    @oceansailing7726 6 лет назад +21

    Heart stopping, fun to watch.. I caught myself holding my breath..

  • @yosemite2055
    @yosemite2055 10 месяцев назад +1

    I just back from the Valley, stood under El Cap looking up until my neck hurt. Spent bittersweet time up on Taft Point I get choked up just typing these words As he shared - Live Life with no Rules. Rock on Dean

  • @dirkdigler7875
    @dirkdigler7875 5 лет назад +263

    That’s what I did when I was young -- can remember jumping off the wardrobe on to the bed in full flight 🥴 maybe not as dangerous’ but hey it was up there 👆,

    • @Livingonlargestactivevolcano
      @Livingonlargestactivevolcano 3 года назад +3

      Thanks Dirk ! Yeah but you were
      one of the pioneers . Hats off !
      Me , surfing and motocross from
      the north shore . I admire
      You athletes ; all air and guts .
      Freedom ! 🦅 God Bless !

    • @Livingonlargestactivevolcano
      @Livingonlargestactivevolcano 3 года назад +3

      Ooops , honestly I thought the
      wardrobe was a tower some where . I Get it . Pioneer just
      the same . Start small go big !
      🦜 .

    • @Chewbecca101
      @Chewbecca101 3 года назад +3

      Hey, I nailed the landing off my stepladder the other day.
      I did once bungee jump off a bridge at Victoria Falls, but these days changing the lightbulb 10 feet above ground is a win!

    • @sooz9433
      @sooz9433 3 года назад +2

      My neighbors used to call me to let me know my #2 & #3 sons were on the roof... they would climb the antenna tower against the side of the house... they were 3 and 7 years old...
      Did your Mother know what you were doing? Just curious.
      (By the way, they are 40 and 44 now)

    • @raccoonchronicles5134
      @raccoonchronicles5134 3 года назад +2

      Lol...we used to wrap blankets around the "victim" and push them off the top of the bunk beds!

  • @dipiti8739
    @dipiti8739 3 года назад +15

    He did it. He knew he could, he knew he would. Landing well in right place, not shown in video, was important.

  • @eddiep2899
    @eddiep2899 3 года назад +73

    So this WASN'T about filming his final jump before perishing?

    • @d.martinez-rodriguez333
      @d.martinez-rodriguez333 3 года назад +6

      WAH WAH WAH!!!! I thought so too.

    • @stephenr80
      @stephenr80 3 года назад +8

      Ikr! Darkest clickbait ever

    • @stevelibby6852
      @stevelibby6852 3 года назад +1

      That's a few jumps from now. With all of these guys.

    • @nickmaclachlan5178
      @nickmaclachlan5178 3 года назад +3

      Not to worry...... I don't think any BASE jumper/proximity flyer has lived long enough to start claiming their pensions yet............

    • @jenniferjean
      @jenniferjean 3 года назад +3

      @@nickmaclachlan5178
      Oh yes very very short life span.

  • @SupreethDT
    @SupreethDT 7 лет назад +12

    I love this guy... Dean RIP man

  • @flashpointblank4914
    @flashpointblank4914 3 года назад +8

    "That's not flying... That's falling with style...."

    • @passin_gas4836
      @passin_gas4836 3 года назад +1

      It’s an awesome way to commit suicide I think. LIfe would be amazing right to the point of death. My luck I would get anally penetrated by a tree and live through it. My first instinct after jumping would be to flap my wings.

    • @flashpointblank4914
      @flashpointblank4914 3 года назад

      @@passin_gas4836 😂

  • @TowBoss430
    @TowBoss430 3 года назад +11

    Dean lived in a day... what most could only wish for, in a year. RIP Dean and fly high with the angles!

    • @ANGELSURS
      @ANGELSURS 3 года назад +1

      I doubt people wish to do this. He was not a damb bird.

    • @timnell207
      @timnell207 3 года назад +5

      Angels, not angles

    • @pizza_pizza_pizza6383
      @pizza_pizza_pizza6383 2 года назад +2

      Acute or obtuse?

    • @QueenofMarine
      @QueenofMarine Год назад +2

      "...fly high with the angles!". How poetic.

    • @twotatanka5396
      @twotatanka5396 Год назад

      What kind of angles we flyin. Mostly down and steep

  • @BeyondAverageSkilled
    @BeyondAverageSkilled 3 года назад +7

    he wasnt flying, he was just falling with style

  • @udxpierre
    @udxpierre 3 года назад +15

    Yeah Dean Potter, had his last jump in 2015, 3 years after this was filmed.

    • @donnasmith1268
      @donnasmith1268 3 года назад +1

      Doesn’t he do the flying anymore? Has he retired ?

    • @stefanritscher7868
      @stefanritscher7868 3 года назад +1

      @@donnasmith1268, he died doing this...

    • @donnasmith1268
      @donnasmith1268 3 года назад +1

      @@stefanritscher7868 oh , I didn't know sorry.

  • @elmoblatch9787
    @elmoblatch9787 6 лет назад +20

    I'm not "hating" on Dean, and I agree with the sentiment that it's best to live a short interesting life than a long and boring life. HOWEVER, it seems that age was definitely cutting into Dean's enjoyment of extreme sports. It seemed at this point he was merely doing it because he had always done it. He describes a lot of anxiety leading up to this jump, and it may have been time to dial it back and simply enjoy the outdoors without risking life and limb. It seems he was living on reputation at this point, and not on passion.

    • @renovatiovr
      @renovatiovr 5 лет назад +8

      Ego can be a dangerous thing

    • @elpepelucho
      @elpepelucho 3 года назад +6

      here's a crazy idea, how about a long interesting life ? If you want short and interesting, play russian roulette, cheaper and faster.

  • @glenmccarthy8482
    @glenmccarthy8482 6 лет назад +9

    His free solo on the north face of the Eiger , was his peak performance.

  • @topsuperseven7910
    @topsuperseven7910 3 года назад +8

    It astonished me that someone could invent and perfect this strange 'flying squirrel' suit and then its just mindboggling they can do that kind of deadly daredevil jump like that. It seems to me it's a strange thing where it will be terminal. Everyone who does these kinds of extreme flying contraption suits has or will die. Now the thing is, it will 1-in-300 sort of guarantee but nobody really knows when it happens. It could be your 12th jump but another may very well do 299 then die.
    Funnily enough, people who raise and live with wild animals such as chimps or tigers have pretty much the same thing going on.
    You WILL die. The excitement might be that you just don't know if its sooner or later but you WILL die from it.

  • @3thomasdm
    @3thomasdm 3 года назад +1

    dean potter died in 2015 in yosemite doing the same thing he's doing here. yosemite was "The Final Jump"

  • @cashshew6415
    @cashshew6415 5 лет назад +10

    Beautiful flight. Absolutely amazing

  • @jamess5457
    @jamess5457 8 лет назад +280

    Nat Geo must mean "The Final Jump" that they were involved in producing, cause he died in Yosemite, Ca. So title a bit misleading. Probably done to get more hits on their channel.

    • @08Stella
      @08Stella 8 лет назад +5

      Oh I see! I was holding on to dear life already watching him jump... it made no sense, then I noticed the datum. It was his final jump for the documentary I believe but is his last jump on RUclips? I don't get what really happened to him, if he was wearing that jumping suit. He did much more dangerous stuff without wearing anything. x

    • @jamess5457
      @jamess5457 8 лет назад +5

      Stella Johnson Dean Potter Killed in BASE-Jumping Accident | Outside Online - this is a good article to read about his May 2015 death. Just google Dean potter death.

    • @08Stella
      @08Stella 8 лет назад +5

      James S I have. Obviously. I could only find theories on it, his last Instagram post and that sort of thing but I find it eerie that they BOTH died, the same day, the same way, parachute didn't open... something is fishy about it. I just wanted to look into it. Thanx for the article. I'll check.x

    • @jamess5457
      @jamess5457 8 лет назад +8

      Stella Johnson - Stella, they hit the rock outcropping before the ripcord of the parachute would have been pulled. I don't think it was fishy, I think it could have been a gust of wind came up unexpectedly. The route that they were taking was close to the rocks anyway. They were flying in close proximity to one another. I was a big fan of his work. Cheers

    • @08Stella
      @08Stella 8 лет назад +3

      James S Auww, thanks for the explanation, I wouldn't mind seeing the footages of his head-cam. I guess it won't be released. It must have been something unexpected indeed because this guy micro-calculated every bit of his move. A genius to say the least!!! Also, he didn't take his dog. That stood out to me. He must have felt something. x

  • @normieross2507
    @normieross2507 3 года назад +13

    The sport that has no room for errors. They all die young.

    • @yrellim
      @yrellim 3 года назад +2

      This guy is deceased RIP.

    • @MinistryOfMagic_DoM
      @MinistryOfMagic_DoM 3 года назад +3

      @@yrellim yup and he died young while doing this same thing again.

    • @ariloves10
      @ariloves10 3 года назад +3

      He is alive in heaven flying to his heart's content now 💓

  • @surfclimbcycle
    @surfclimbcycle 3 года назад +26

    Gone but never forgotten. Inspirational, Dean Potter.

  • @JHKH4
    @JHKH4 12 лет назад +27

    Id be crying and shitting myself the whole way down lol

  • @kylepeter6862
    @kylepeter6862 5 лет назад +1

    Nobody:
    Dean: I can fly
    Flying squirrel: Hold this

  • @swnorcraft7971
    @swnorcraft7971 3 года назад +6

    A phenomenal leap! Footage was excellent, except.........the landing was left out.
    To show the landing is ALL important............

  • @FLmetalhead
    @FLmetalhead 3 года назад +5

    Dean Potter. Unfortunately this took his life a cpl years later. He’s a legend in rock climbing, slack lining and this ^

  • @dtrooperVideo
    @dtrooperVideo 7 лет назад +32

    One can argue infinitely about Dean Potter's prudence and maybe even sense of judgement, but there is no denying the man had guts and the tremendous intestinal fortitude to do what he did.

    • @danielmocsny5066
      @danielmocsny5066 6 лет назад +5

      No, there is only no denying that I would need guts and intestinal fortitude to do what he did. I can't guess about another person's motivations. For all I know, Dean Potter could have been insane, or stupid, or whatever. Remember, it's only bravery if you survive. If you don't, then it's stupidity. Unless your government awards you a Medal Of Honor for your "sacrifice." Then stupidity goes back to being bravery again.

    • @colesmith7230
      @colesmith7230 Год назад

      @@danielmocsny5066 f you dude respect the dead RIP Dean Potter ❤

  • @lynnealuebben1967
    @lynnealuebben1967 3 года назад +11

    It amazes, me these flying squirrel-like suits, that one can take that moment to jump and then come into utter consciousness to control, the flight. Everyone dreams of flying, but not everyone is brave enough to take the leap.

    • @bethroesch2156
      @bethroesch2156 3 года назад

      You're right. I've had that dream but no way would I EVER do this

  • @rexfknwetzel7162
    @rexfknwetzel7162 4 года назад +28

    Imagine the balls on the first guy to ever jump with the wingsuit on?

    • @tropicallyfit
      @tropicallyfit 4 года назад +6

      I would call it STUPIDITY rather than "balls". Pure stupidity and disregard for one's life!!!! Get real.

    • @loganreuter6072
      @loganreuter6072 4 года назад +9

      There was a guy back in the early 1900’s who made a “wing suit” and decided to jump off the Eiffel Tower with no testing. Yeah he fell to his death

    • @joehallam1231
      @joehallam1231 4 года назад +5

      Standard balls small brain...

    • @sockpuppetbitme
      @sockpuppetbitme 4 года назад +5

      All of your comments involve imagining balls...

    • @ThatGuy-eq9mz
      @ThatGuy-eq9mz 4 года назад +2

      @@tropicallyfit the first guy had a parachute also you fool, just like all wing suit jumpers do. You didnt think they could land just by gliding to the ground did you? Lol

  • @christytuttle5590
    @christytuttle5590 3 года назад +4

    How does the landing go? I'd like to see that!
    Absolutely breathtaking!!!!!

  • @vampireslayer1989
    @vampireslayer1989 3 года назад +21

    I've met a number of these "Outdoor Control Freak Daredevils". Their attitudes ultimately get them (and often others) killed. They also live their lives mostly "hand to mouth", sacrificing family, career and meaningful relationships in exchange for their (self-indulgence) "sport". To each their own (we all have fill our voids). Personally I kind of enjoy watching my grandchildren growing up and see more value in a long productive life.

    • @jp1310
      @jp1310 3 года назад +1

      I’d say you’ve met a particular type. If you look deeper you’d see that all types of people take part in extreme sports.

    • @FuckPedophileBiden
      @FuckPedophileBiden 3 года назад +1

      Okay Karen.

    • @landosmith1974
      @landosmith1974 3 года назад +3

      You say....”and often get others killed”. Give me examples of daredevils that have killed others while doing what they do.
      Words are powerful. You need to be careful how you use them. And tell the truth when you use them. You know as well as anyone that there have NOT been multiple cases of innocent bystanders being killed. Your entire statement has now lost all creditability due to misinformation. Sad really, isn’t it?

    • @granfabrica
      @granfabrica 3 года назад

      @@landosmith1974 Yep.

    • @rasher331
      @rasher331 3 года назад +5

      @@landosmith1974 I would say an example is some of the climbers on Mount Everest if you really need an example. But in seriousness, these type of guys have the persona's of the type who want to be forever young and I dont think old age would suit their need for freedom and mobility. They would probably die from depression. Most do inevitably die early through an accident. I wonder why they bother getting married and having kids, its not the type of lifestyle that suits family life.

  • @vandalorianvandalorian4769
    @vandalorianvandalorian4769 3 года назад +17

    I remember the morning when it was announced that Dean had been killed on a jump/flight.

  • @peteranderson9881
    @peteranderson9881 3 года назад +4

    I had watched a number of these amazing videos on RUclips. Then out of interest, I began looking up the jumpers on Wikipedia. Holy Toledo, it was like “another one bites the dust” over and over and over again!

    • @johnlittle7181
      @johnlittle7181 3 года назад

      For many it's not if, but when..

    • @badeugenecops4741
      @badeugenecops4741 3 года назад

      Play dumb games...win dumb prizes.
      OR
      Thinning of the herd.

  • @Thresholdmoment
    @Thresholdmoment 3 года назад

    Someday there will be nanotechnology suits and we will all be flying around with wingsuits. All you have to do is just Run and Jump into the air and you will be able to fly.

  • @JUSTWALKITOUT
    @JUSTWALKITOUT 3 года назад +6

    I love how it’s gotta be around 20 degrees and their dressed like it’s the summer.

    • @ChristinaFlowers1
      @ChristinaFlowers1 3 года назад

      Maybe it’s like flagstaff - dry cold and snow so people wear shorts in the day. 40F is warm in the sun wo wind

    • @STUEpendouse
      @STUEpendouse 3 года назад

      Could be more around spring time too and maybe only like -5 c

    • @TsurfBangz
      @TsurfBangz 3 года назад

      @@STUEpendouse that’s still not the type of weather you wear shorts in dummy

  • @malcolmgerald
    @malcolmgerald 3 года назад +4

    You put a value on your life and the lives of your loved ones and then you decide if it's worth the risk.

  • @eyedealist4214
    @eyedealist4214 3 года назад +7

    The first time I went to Yosemite as an adult, I met Ivo in the meadow under El Cap, who had Dean's dog with him. He was talking to us and then I looked up and saw a large object falling from the sky. It looked like a rock, then a bird, then a squirrel, then it landed in the meadow and I realized it was Dean! ...I once had a dream that I was in an area like Tuolumne with rolling granite domes. I had a haul bag on and walked over to a large hole, jumped down with a parachute, and aide climbed a long 5.9A3 route to get back out. That's how I imagine my Heaven to be. And I bet Dean is getting after it too!

  • @chrisa3289
    @chrisa3289 2 года назад

    "He's not flying! He's falling with style"

  • @MauriceRivers415
    @MauriceRivers415 3 года назад +19

    Impressive feat, but sad how he lost his life. In Greek mythology, Icarus and Daedalus tempted fate by trying to fly, and suffered the same end. We must accept that testing the fire as daredevils, will not always give us a second chance.

  • @rubinmendoza13
    @rubinmendoza13 4 года назад +6

    It was nice of him to include the whole crew in the last shot...

  • @muazzamfaizan2398
    @muazzamfaizan2398 3 года назад +6

    Rest in peace legend! Mountains will never forget you ❤️

  • @charlesbarboza8591
    @charlesbarboza8591 4 года назад +2

    That was TOTALLY AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing.

  • @MrRapparicio
    @MrRapparicio 5 лет назад +16

    Title should be “the last landing”... he died in Yosemite

  • @mollymorgan5596
    @mollymorgan5596 3 года назад

    This is hands down the best wingsuit video rock

  • @Pete4Flags
    @Pete4Flags 3 года назад +6

    Seems like a really nice bloke. RIP Dean 🙏❤️

    • @VinnieAtlanta
      @VinnieAtlanta 3 года назад

      RIP Dean? What? How did he die?

    • @richard4short5
      @richard4short5 3 года назад

      Did he actually have a 'Final Jump'

    • @bluehead_info
      @bluehead_info 3 года назад

      @@VinnieAtlanta It's been actually 6 years since he passed away. Even thinking about it still hurts. I love you Dean.

    • @Panic-buying-toilet-paper
      @Panic-buying-toilet-paper 3 года назад

      @@VinnieAtlanta He died while doing his stunt in China. He wasn’t able to pass through a vertical hole through which the stunt would have occurred. He hit the corners of the vertical instead a hole through.

    • @Panic-buying-toilet-paper
      @Panic-buying-toilet-paper 3 года назад +1

      @@VinnieAtlanta Sorry , he died while doing a stunt in Yosemite.

  • @Cyclops8888
    @Cyclops8888 8 лет назад

    Gotta admire BASE jumpers, lots of guts, hats off.

  • @baca360
    @baca360 12 лет назад +17

    no, he uses a parachute to land. The Fly Suit is just a way for him to glide through the air. He still needs a parachute to slow down and land safely

  • @floweryolk
    @floweryolk 12 лет назад +1

    COOLEST VIDEO IVE EVER SEEN ON NAT GEO ! IF ONLY IT WAS LONGER AND HAD MORE ANGLES AND ZOOMS !

  • @MJLeger-yj1ww
    @MJLeger-yj1ww 5 лет назад +14

    I LOVE NatGeo, I've been reading their magazines since I was a child. I also love NatGeoWild, on TV but I don't particularly like seeing someone kill themselves. I've seen people die and it is not pleasant. I'm a GA pilot and after I had learned to fly, I was at an airport where guys were sky-diving and I was watching with the local flight instructor. One guy's chute did not open, he fought it all the way down, when he got fairly close, the flight instructor threw his binoculars down on the ground and walked away. I watched the guy go splat and I'll never forget that as long as I live. Years later, I saw patients die in hospitals on wards or in the ER and it is always difficult. Especially anyone young dying. People who risk their lives usually THINK they won't die, but they usually eventually will die!

    • @pschelp3605
      @pschelp3605 2 года назад

      Even after science professes rapidly why we can't still create reliable paratute

  • @user-wy2iw5vy5u
    @user-wy2iw5vy5u 3 года назад

    That was one thing that someone did in the 1960,s but didn't have the fabric invented now in 2021. Had a parachute that one time didn't open. That now, was awesome!

  • @cucuca7281
    @cucuca7281 6 лет назад +6

    I just jumped from my bed and still alive - Amazing these men flying like free birds! You got to have steel to do such a thing!

  • @kerbygator
    @kerbygator 6 лет назад

    He wasn't here for a long time, he was here for good time.

  • @enriquelandaf
    @enriquelandaf 3 года назад +28

    I wonder how they built the platform, that"s a bit more interesting I imagine ?????????

  • @elieteoliveira-janus2416
    @elieteoliveira-janus2416 3 года назад

    That’s crazy! It isn’t for me, but it is for you; and I am happy that you make your dream come true. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @christossophocleous9305
    @christossophocleous9305 7 лет назад +140

    I don't understand why so many people are hating, first of all he can choose to do what he wants, he was an autonomous human being and could make his own choices and the consequences that came with them. Secondly, can you imagine what the sensation of flight is like?? The human lifetime is so fractionally small, I can see how that sensation is so much richer than living 80 years worrying about not doing things because they may or may not be dangerous, and you might die because of it. Every time you get in your car to drive somewhere you risk death, to a lesser degree perhaps but you risk it nonetheless, you risk long term disease depending on what you eat or what your habits are so with that in mind id rather go out flying than in a hospital bed shitting myself cause I'm too frail to even take care of myself, supported by machines that barely keep you alive just for the sake of it. Staying alive just for the sake of staying alive doesn't seem something that great.

    • @maryapatterson
      @maryapatterson 7 лет назад +10

      When these trolls come out or our armchair critic who doesn't have a clue, we need to simply ignore them. That's right. No matter what they say,leave them to scratch themselves because they will give up ghost and go elsewhere. I don't climb,fly or anything else. But I respect those that do. Just because I don't understand why or how doesn't make it rubbish. You see for me every day is a school day, so I want to learn. Circumstances has taught me that just being alive is not enough. There are too many people bored with the rat race but are too frightened to break free. So when I see those living their own lives doing what they love, I rejoice! Because they wake up every day with a smile on their face. No dreading Monday morning!
      I would rather die young doing something I love than having regrets when I'm old and bored at 80!

    • @wmgthilgen
      @wmgthilgen 7 лет назад +10

      Christos Sophocleous Then stop trying to make himout as an idol. Any idiot can dodge cars during rush hour, but when shit goes wrong, there not idolized.

    • @christossophocleous9305
      @christossophocleous9305 7 лет назад +1

      Can you point out where I'm idolising him? and secondly yes any idiot can dodge a car and when shit goes wrong he's not idolized nor is he vilified, so then why should dean or any one else who dies by doing something that may be considered dangerous or "unacceptable" to you be vilified?

    • @petersrightbut8297
      @petersrightbut8297 7 лет назад +9

      Christos Sophocleous. ask his family

    • @christossophocleous9305
      @christossophocleous9305 7 лет назад +5

      Ask his family?? So you're claiming that one should never do something dangerous because they might die and that might make their family sad. That's quite sad, if one's family understood how much one loved something if they did indeed love it then they wouldn't put their selfish desires over his. Is a person who is terminally ill meant to keep on suffering for years on end so his family wont be sad instead of doing the humane thing which is allow euthanasia if that was his wish??????? If you think that yes they should that is the most monstrous and selfish thing I have ever heard. Death is part of life it can come from the most unexpected place but yea lets all just make the mistaken assumption that if you don't do dangerous stuff you wont die, and you don't do it because you might make your family sad. If that's how you want your children to live and that's how you want to live the remainder of your days fine. But don't posit what someone's family might think because you might be surprised to find out that they understand. Either way I'm done responding its a waste of my time, you guys are like broken records.

  • @a92gsxdsm
    @a92gsxdsm 5 лет назад +2

    Buzz light year would be jealous. Best falling with style ive ever seen. 😂

  • @raajkumar6392
    @raajkumar6392 6 лет назад +4

    i think i love myself and also others hearts... lets share the lives through accepting and appreciating others... foget about what they have done but give importance to why and how...

  • @mtkoslowski
    @mtkoslowski 3 года назад +1

    So we first got the idea from tree squirrels. Nicely adapted and implemented.

  • @williambtm1
    @williambtm1 5 лет назад +5

    Great job team, all acting for one Big Moment whilst reliant upon each and the other.

  • @alexsandereastmond7036
    @alexsandereastmond7036 4 года назад +1

    rip dean you are flying free now rest easy brother true legend in the climbing world

  • @danmaltby3271
    @danmaltby3271 7 лет назад +114

    How did they make that ramp, thats pretty intense

    • @MJLeger-yj1ww
      @MJLeger-yj1ww 5 лет назад +6

      I was wondering that also, but I'm sure they hung off ropes to erect it, maybe with the help of a helicopter flying up a load or cement, but who knows!

    • @paulhomsy2751
      @paulhomsy2751 3 года назад

      Hanging ropes from the top. The ramp is light but very stable. Erected the same way camps are erected on big walls.

  • @cosmopolitanwonder9675
    @cosmopolitanwonder9675 3 года назад +2

    I’ve done Paragliding in tandem, it was the best feeling in the world, besides giving birth to my son of course, but it’s a feeling that you get while flying, that you want to just carry on flying forever. The worst part was going up the mountain in a jeep that was like from World War Two, it was terrifying and hurt every bone in your body, but when you get to the top all pain and fear disappears, and the run off the mountain, it truly is as if this is the life, will it be the end also.

  • @glenncurley680
    @glenncurley680 3 года назад +3

    I'm not a big fan of heights, but this was amazing! Stay safe my friends!

    • @talijamir5395
      @talijamir5395 3 года назад +1

      Friend isn't live no more he died with what he loves to do

    • @ap8riot931
      @ap8riot931 3 года назад

      I''m not afraid of heights... I'm afraid of widths. It's a rare disorder.

  • @jnorth1000
    @jnorth1000 6 лет назад

    Dude look like a flying squirrel. That's nuts.

  • @MJLeger-yj1ww
    @MJLeger-yj1ww 5 лет назад +28

    We don't like "da guy" at the start of the video (0:05-22), there's NO room for cockiness at places like that! And sadly, Dean Potter died on 5-16-15 on a base jump at Yosemite along with his buddy Graham Hunt; they both crashed into the side of a mountain wall/rocks, flying notches while wing-suit flying. Dean was 43 and Graham was 29. Thrill-seekers usually don't live to old age. I was one years ago, but not to the degree they tempted death. I quit while I was ahead. I HATE it when I read about these guys crashing and dying, so unnecessarily! Very sad. Some accounts of the accident state Potter was wearing his Go-Pro helmet cam and others say he wasn't. But it is said that it was dusk (about 7:30p) and they were making an illegal "night jump" I doubt they wore cameras. Both Dean and Graham knew Sean Leery, who also died in a jump before they did. Why these guys continue to jump when they KNOW it has killed their friends is anyone's guess. Very sad.

    • @qbconnect
      @qbconnect 3 года назад +7

      It's called living life on your own terms. I would never do these stunts myself but I can really respect the courage it takes to dare that level of fear and conquer it. All I could think while watching was how powerful and free that must feel. I can see how it could become very addictive with true freedom being so scarce in this world.

    • @ariloves10
      @ariloves10 3 года назад +1

      @@qbconnect 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

    • @Yeshua-is-my-savior
      @Yeshua-is-my-savior 3 года назад +3

      I can verify dean deff had go pro on , it was pretty gnarly bro , they should have never jumped was very dark and can hear the wind howling in background , it was over very fast , they were supposed to jump left to El Capitan by the wind immediately took them right to one of the hardest lines in the day to pull off , graham immediately hit a notch in wall and went hurling toward dean who tried to maneuver away and splatted seconds later it was so loud I can still hear it ...also dean's girlfriend took pictures ..won't say how I saw this but can confirm

    • @Yeshua-is-my-savior
      @Yeshua-is-my-savior 3 года назад

      Law enforcement has a copy for your heads up

    • @compresswealthdivideeconom3757
      @compresswealthdivideeconom3757 3 года назад +1

      Best done by those who want to die. If survive, maybe they change their minds.

  • @knightowl3577
    @knightowl3577 3 года назад

    That's not flying, that's falling with style!

  • @DS-wk1kn
    @DS-wk1kn 4 года назад +49

    Was sort of expecting the fatal jump, to be honest. I'm morbid like that.

  • @KnighTnGunZ
    @KnighTnGunZ 9 лет назад +1

    Some good guys right there

  • @TheSnowboardGuyBreezy
    @TheSnowboardGuyBreezy 4 года назад +43

    “I fought Newton’s law and the law won”

  • @davidlopez-nk2cu
    @davidlopez-nk2cu 3 года назад +1

    Amazingly amazing

  • @gregparrott
    @gregparrott 5 лет назад +6

    National Geographic sure is remiss on adding any commentary or even basic publishers notes...They don't identify the wing suit jumper (other than 'Dean'), the mountain or general location, the date, the vertical distance traveled or mountain's elevation.
    R.I.P. Dean Potter, May 16, 2015, doing what he loved in Yosemite

  • @derkwissink1286
    @derkwissink1286 3 года назад

    Sky diving with squirrel suit

  • @thomassweeney1258
    @thomassweeney1258 6 лет назад +24

    R.I.P. He did what the rest of us tremble thinking about.

    • @frankkolton1780
      @frankkolton1780 6 лет назад +12

      Actually, most of us are too intelligent to even think about it.

    • @dfcvda
      @dfcvda 6 лет назад +1

      certainly not a selfish, his poor children.

    • @flt528
      @flt528 5 лет назад

      I tremble thinking about people whose achievements truly improve human society - people like Jonas Salk, Winston Churchill, MLK Jr, Bill Gates. Adrenaline junkies getting high contribute nothing but a head-scratching suicidal sideshow.

  • @jacquelinemanzano9328
    @jacquelinemanzano9328 3 года назад

    He looks like a little penguin flying through the air.

  • @healthwisdomproject4352
    @healthwisdomproject4352 5 лет назад +6

    I can tell you that jumping out of an airplane was one of the most peaceful and exciting things that I've ever done at the same time. I used to have dreams of falling and I'd wake up sweating and afraid. After I started skydiving I started having dreams of falling and flying and I would wake up excited. Life is totally different after you face your fears. I hope that you people who are bad mouthing these guys can face the things that scare you and conquer it. Peace.

  • @emmanuelponce5325
    @emmanuelponce5325 3 года назад +1

    I don't want to be famous, I don't want to be a Rockstar, I want to FLY high

  • @sonicrevolver2917
    @sonicrevolver2917 3 года назад +9

    I don’t see “flying”. I see falling. Still very brave.

  • @juliejones719
    @juliejones719 4 года назад

    And that.. was INCREDIBLE!!🤯

  • @orangevideo
    @orangevideo 9 лет назад +62

    RIP Dean, an intrepid, inspiring soul

    • @scnomad3626
      @scnomad3626 6 лет назад +2

      Splendid Mendax obviously you didn’t know him

    • @MJLeger-yj1ww
      @MJLeger-yj1ww 6 лет назад

      Sure, intrepid all the way to SPLAT!

    • @BashoStrikes
      @BashoStrikes 6 лет назад

      Rest In Peace everyone - with razzelberry dressing.

    • @scottmassage2658
      @scottmassage2658 6 лет назад

      orangevideo so he’s dead then?

  • @tyeauga
    @tyeauga 3 года назад

    Dean was the best. I wish he wrote a book or spoke about his philosophy more. Real loss he's not around anymore.

  • @eat_ze_bugs
    @eat_ze_bugs 6 лет назад +8

    That platform was defying physics!

    • @danielmocsny5066
      @danielmocsny5066 6 лет назад +1

      They gave the mountain a big dose of Viagra.

  • @burants89
    @burants89 6 лет назад

    Never even heard of this guy till I saw this and now watching all his clips....well done the platform erectors

  • @SCOTTSTALLARDBERMUDA
    @SCOTTSTALLARDBERMUDA 5 лет назад +10

    Purpose of life..not to die..young

    • @mpreiss7780
      @mpreiss7780 3 года назад

      Only the good/great die young. The rest are forced to go thru old age

  • @DaveLynchJazzGuitar
    @DaveLynchJazzGuitar 3 года назад

    Kudos Dean! Give you a ton a credit. Nerves of steel, and balls to.match.

  • @gomezpiro
    @gomezpiro 12 лет назад +7

    Congratulations that was Amazing !!

  • @corrado9683
    @corrado9683 3 года назад

    Absolutely breathtaking!!

  • @beanzntoast
    @beanzntoast 11 лет назад +17

    how high up did he jump and how long did he fly for. looks amazing

  • @SunShine-sv8vx
    @SunShine-sv8vx 3 года назад

    We miss you Dean. Hope you're in heaven flying with Angels

  • @mtadams2009
    @mtadams2009 6 лет назад +15

    For all of you writing all these poor comments, he did what he wanted to do, he knew the risk. He lived his life they way he wanted to. As Jim Morison said "no one gets out of here alive" that's all of us. As an older person I see I lot of people just hanging on, they have been dead for years and they know it. Some people and that would include me needed to take risk to feel alive, some got lucky and lived through that part of their lives, some not.

    • @danielmocsny5066
      @danielmocsny5066 6 лет назад +3

      The people posting insulting comments are also doing what they want to do. If it's OK, even admirable, for someone to jump off a mountain, how is it any less OK for people to express whatever opinion they want about it? People who are brave enough to jump off mountains cannot be snowflakes who cower in fear at ridicule from distant strangers. Some people get their thrills by taking real risks, and some people get their thrills by making jokes about them. I can't see how anyone who justifies one pointless behavior can judge someone else for an equally pointless behavior.

  • @ballisticdan9135
    @ballisticdan9135 3 года назад +2

    He could have gone much further but his steel balls were weighing him down too much. Respect RIP

  • @clicks59
    @clicks59 3 года назад +10

    Definitely one sandwich short of a picnic...

    • @elbob248
      @elbob248 3 года назад +1

      He lived more in his short life than you could ever dream of.

  • @rinschmo1822
    @rinschmo1822 3 года назад

    That’s not flying like Superman. Fly without a wing suit. Haha

  • @normjohnson4629
    @normjohnson4629 3 года назад +30

    Would like to actually see him land, that would be the hard part.

    • @annalarsson3293
      @annalarsson3293 3 года назад +4

      I was waiting for the landing....

    • @ftm84
      @ftm84 3 года назад +1

      They use a parachute/glider type thing. Still challenging to land.

    • @f87115
      @f87115 3 года назад +2

      Actually landing is easy,… close eyes

  • @taxana6
    @taxana6 Год назад +1

    Yeah, lots of respect! We're all gonna die. But he was QUICKER than all of us. Tons of respect for that, dude!!! Rest in all the places, pieces and peaces you were scattered.

  • @chickoohitch8976
    @chickoohitch8976 5 лет назад +12

    That's why it's xtreme sport.. Only few r choosen

  • @grahamthebaronhesketh.
    @grahamthebaronhesketh. 2 года назад

    Wow that is amazing.

  • @wolfpak8228
    @wolfpak8228 5 лет назад +14

    Daredevils often pay the ultimate price ....

  • @DRSURYAPRAKASHSURGEON
    @DRSURYAPRAKASHSURGEON 3 года назад +1

    Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn.🔥🔥👍👍

    • @philcliffe6909
      @philcliffe6909 3 года назад +1

      You haven't seen my lawn.

    • @certainly2509
      @certainly2509 3 года назад

      The end must have been terrifying knowing you're about to die!

    • @certainly2509
      @certainly2509 3 года назад

      @Joost Broek In the end you actually wake up and realize your whole life was just one big dream.

    • @leesmavicmoments5598
      @leesmavicmoments5598 3 года назад

      It's what you have done in life that counts not how many houses and cars you have. Only your memories go with you in the end, nothing else.