The sky walker

I've known about Dean Potter as an unreal solo climber and one of the last standing it seems with legends dying off.

• Derek Hersey, a legend in Boulder, died in 1993, getting caught in a flash rain storm soling on El Cap.


• Todd Skinner died in Yosemite in 2006 when the belay loop on his harness failed.


• Michael Reardon was washed away by a rogues wave in Valentia, Co. Kerry in 2007
• This year one of the alltime legends, John Bachar, died soloing in California at the age of 52.

I heard about a current Channel 4 series, Daredevils this week and last night watched "Sky Walker" online, the episode on Dean Potter Slacklining - walking across a tightrope with no pole or safety line at huge heights.

Sky Walker and other episodes can be watched for another 11 days online with Channel4 on demand available to watch in Ireland. Print this post