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Adventurist Dean Potter and fellow cliff jumper were killed May 16 attempting a wing-suited flight in Yosemite National Park. (Tomas Ovalle, The Associated Press file)
Re: “In defense of thrill-seekers like Dean Potter,” May 23 letter to the editor.
Letter-writer Dixie J-Elder is certainly correct about the people she describes who took risks, such as Amelia Earhart, astronauts and others. However, these were explorers, not some idiot jumping off the side of a mountain. There is a big difference.
William F. Hineser, Arvada
This letter was published in the May 29 edition.
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