An Argentinian tech CEO fell approximately 2,000 feet to his death while descending Mount Shasta in California last week, according to multiple reports.
Matias Augusto Travizano, 45, had climbed to the peak of the 14,179-foot Northern California mountain, which is the fifth-highest in the state. According to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office, he was attempting to descend alongside another climber when disaster struck.
“At approximately 2:27 p.m. on Friday, September 12th, 2025, Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the area of the Clear Creek Trailhead after receiving a call from a mountain climber that a man had fallen down the Wintun Glacier and disappeared,” the sheriff’s office said in a press release.
Travizano and the second climber, who was a stranger, apparently accidentally exited the trail, and as a result, became stranded on an ice sheet at roughly 13,500 feet. Upon realizing their error, they attempted to glissade down, which means a “controlled slide down a snow or ice slope.”
“During this process, one of the men, later identified as 45 year-old Matias Augusto Travizano of Argentina, began sliding out of control, and collided into a large boulder approximately 300 feet below his companion,” the sheriff’s press release said. “Mr. Travizano appeared to have been knocked unconscious from this impact, and remained so for approximately 5-10 minutes, while the second hiker attempted to reach him and render aid.”
Matías Travizano, the Argentine physicist and entrepreneur who helped open the doors of Silicon Valley to Milei, died in a climbing accident.
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A tragic end
As the second hiker made his way down to Travizano, the co-founder and former CEO of GranData regained consciousness and began to move.
However, that shift sent him tumbling down the rest of the glacier. Later, the third hiker called 911 to report the incident.
Rescuers recovered Travizano’s body at an elevation of 10,200 feet, near the base of the Wintun Glacier.
Another tragedy on Mount Shasta
Travizano is the second recent death on Mount Shasta after another man fell on the Clear Creek Route back in August and later died from his injuries at a hospital after being rescued.
“While the Clear Creek Route is considered one of the mountain’s ‘safer’ trails to summit, climbers can become disoriented in low-visibility conditions, particularly when descending from the summit plateau,” the sheriff’s office added.
“Once off the trail, these climbers often wander into more hazardous areas in the Ash Creek or Mud Creek drainages, where accidents are more likely to occur.”
