00:02When I was a little boy, my first memory was this dream of falling.
00:16Dean Potter.
00:18Climber. Artist. Outlaw.
00:21Keep quiet.
00:22He was pioneering this entirely new way of climbing big walls.
00:26Totally solo.
00:29Dean would say, no one's going to control my life. I'm going to do things my way.
00:34We're going to jump this ding, ding, ding, go.
00:37Turn off the camera.
00:38No, I think you're harassing me.
00:39They're not going to catch me.
00:42He was the most badass motherfucker in the valley.
00:44He did things that will never be repeated.
00:47I've hurt my head.
00:49And shouldn't be repeated.
00:50You ready, sweetie pie?
00:53I don't think I'm a very good role model for children.
00:56Growing up, he was my climbing hero.
00:58But I am now directly competing with Dean, encroaching on his turf.
01:03Alex Arnold had these same ambitions and he had these same goals.
01:07You're going to have conflict going on.
01:09I'm doing pretty good.
01:09With all respect to Dean.
01:11He knew that was my project and he did it before me because he's a competitive twerp.
01:15Dean's feeding off that energy to push himself to the brink.
01:24Why not just solo stuff you can control?
01:28I don't really have an answer.
01:31For Dean, his only therapy is the death consequence.
01:35That's the moment where he's untethered.
01:42Dean has this darkness that works inside.
01:45The mystical part of Dean was coming to the fore.
01:48I want to go beyond the limitations of this Tarkus.
01:53More is possible.
01:54Everything's possible.
01:55And that's where you get in trouble.
01:59My whole life, I've been obsessed with the dream.
02:05But maybe it wasn't me falling to my death.
02:09Maybe it was me flying.
02:27You're just trying to control.
02:34My whole life, I didn't want to do it.
02:34Let's go beyond that.
02:35You, smooth it.
02:35You
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