Way before there was an explicit version of THPL there were people in the adventure community who were living all of the elements of THPL –their versions of THPL, included inspirational ways of embracing Life, Learning and Fitness. They influenced me and others and our way of life and they showed us a new and different way of understanding what is possible. Yesterday, we lost one of the great models for how to embrace a THPL life. Adventurer, climber, base jumper, Dean Potter died in a base-jumping accident. He will be remembered for his always positive, Zen like approach that he took to life. He did thing that others could only dream of and he died doing what he loved. He will be missed and we will remember him. There are quite a few good summaries of Dean and his live – here is one if you would like to read more
Loving life, even when we lose one of our fellow THPL members