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Matias Travizano Identified in Fatal 2,000-Foot Fall on Mount Shasta

Officials say the 45-year-old tech entrepreneur went off the Clear Creek route in low visibility and lost control while glissading near the Wintun Glacier.

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Mount Shasta is seen from Girard Ridge in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. A prominent Argentinian tech investor and entrepreneur was identified as the climber who died after a 2,000-foot fall from a climbing trail last week, officials said.

Overview

  • Authorities say Travizano and a companion became stranded around 13,500 feet on an ice sheet at the Wintun Glacier before attempting to glissade to lower terrain.
  • During the descent he struck a boulder about 300 feet below his companion, was briefly unconscious, then slipped again and disappeared down the glacier.
  • Siskiyou County Search and Rescue, U.S. Forest Service climbing rangers and CHP Northern Air Operations responded, with a CHP helicopter locating his body near 10,200 feet.
  • Officials describe the descent as roughly 2,000 feet based on the elevations reported and warn that the Clear Creek route can become hazardous when climbers stray off trail.
  • Travizano, a co-founder and former CEO of GranData and a UC Berkeley visiting scholar, is the mountain’s second reported climbing fatality this year, which typically averages about one per year.