Extreme athlete Dean Potter and
another man have died in a BASE jumping accident in Yosemite National
Park, California, a park spokesman said Sunday.
The spokesman said
Potter, 43, and Graham Hunt died Saturday night after attempting a
wingsuit flight from a 7,500-foot promontory called Taft Point. 
A search-and-rescue
mission began overnight when the jumpers' spotter lost contact with
them. Crews found their bodies Sunday in Yosemite Valley. No parachutes
had been deployed.
Potter was renowned for
his bold and sometimes rogue climbs and BASE jumps, in which he would
parachute from a fixed structure or cliff. BASE jumping is illegal in
Yosemite.
Potter completed solo
ascents and tightrope walks across some of the world's most famous
rocks, and he recently appeared in a film BASE jumping with his dog.
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