So, we determine it is this many seconds, and it is this sheer, and if the rock falls cleanly and the wind is good, and then you make the decision: ‘OK, we are going to jump.’ We also have lasers that we shoot down the rock wall that measure the distance and angle, so we back up our intuition with facts. We throw rocks and count how long it takes to land (4.5-5 seconds, or about 300 feet - and you have about 300 feet to get the wingsuit flying). So intuition is very high, and then you click to a different brain that is almost more intellectual. When you get to the top of the cliff, and it can be a mile long cliff, but almost every time me and my friends, who are all on the same groove, but we almost always walk right to that point. Often in finding these points it is a weird, intuitive thing. In Yosemite, I get to the exit point and I stand there, and calculate if this is a good spot to jump. They are these points - and exit points are meant to be jumped off. Potter: We stand on top of these exit points and they really seem made for humans, or any creature - there is always bird poop up there. NP: Tell me more about wingsuiting, how do you decide where to jump, and when? I don’t remember that, but then my memory starts at a fire lookout tower where we used to go near our house and I can remember how, before I fell, climbing it used to horrify me. They said they should do a ceremony to get rid of the evil spirit, and they chanted, moving around me and throwing salt down on the blood from my head. My Mom loves to tell the story of three Bedouin ladies dressed in black coming down to me.
On my forehead, right above my right eye - there is still a scar - but I passed out. One day I fell and landed hard on the cement, with my head. And I would climb the stone house to pick the almonds. We lived in a rock house surrounded by almond trees, and by Bedouin people, and I was really little. My Dad was in the UN for three years, and so we lived in the town of Bethany. National Post: How did you get into extreme risks, were you doing nutty stuff, even as a kid? Article content Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images
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