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“Ithink that’s where the highest level of climbing happens, when you’re movinginstinctually,” said Potter. “I kind of, more and more, don’t think about itrationally.”Such a zoned in approach hasallowed him to freeclimb El Cap and Half Dome in under 24 hours, and freesolo Separate Reality, Dogs Roof, and Astroman. In 2005, he freesoloed swiss replica watches Heaven, a 5.12d/13a, 40foot cliffthat overhangs the Yosemite Valley at a 40degree angle (see the video above from Brad Lynch and Eric Perlman). “There’s no chance tolive if you fall,” said Potter. “It’s roughly a halfmile down.”

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But it’s not the constant training,calloused hands, or expert sense of balance that Potter credits most for hissuccess. The most important thing he Replica Vacheron Constantin watches does? Using yoga to not be scared. “A lot of what I do is dealingwith the fear side of climbing,” he said. “I’m just emptying my mind to whereI’m not concentrating on anything other than breathing.”