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60 Minutes Presents: Going to Extremes

Mitch Vargas
Sports

Extreme sports: “Birdmen” who soar off cliffs in wingsuits; a climber who scales sheer mountain faces without climbing ropes; and divers who swim with Great White sharks. They’re all on 60 Minutes Presents: Going to Extremes, hosted by Steve Kroft.

Dean Potter | Documentary (Part 1-5).flv

Mitch Vargas
Sports

Dean Potter (born 18 January 1972, in the United States) is an American free climber, alpinist, BASE jumper, BASEliner, and highliner. He is noted for hard first ascents, free solo ascents, speed ascents and enchainments in Yosemite and Patagonia. Free climbing and free soloing: Potter has made several new routes and bold solo ascents in […]