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

Officials say poor visibility led him off the Clear Creek route into hazardous glacial terrain.

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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.
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Overview

  • Travizano, 45, summited on Sept. 12 and, while descending solo after meeting two other climbers, went off route near the northern tip of the Wintun Glacier at about 13,500 feet.
  • He and a companion attempted to glissade to lower-angle terrain, but he lost control, struck a boulder roughly 300 feet below, briefly regained consciousness, then slipped again and fell out of sight.
  • A California Highway Patrol helicopter crew located his body later that day near the glacier’s base around 10,200 feet, and rescuers recovered him the following day.
  • The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Forest Service Climbing Rangers and CHP Northern Air Operations led the response, citing frequent disorientation on the summit plateau that funnels off-route climbers into steep drainages.
  • Travizano was an Argentinian tech entrepreneur linked to GranData and Wibson and a 2024 adviser in Argentina, and officials note Mount Shasta typically sees about one climbing death a year with roughly 5,000–6,000 summit attempts and 15 rescue missions so far this year.