Climber Who Died in Fall Off Mount Shasta Ice Sheet Is Identified

Matias Augusto Travizano was a physicist and entrepreneur who lived in California, where he worked as a visiting scholar.

Mount Shasta is seen from Whaleback, the first broad peak to Mount Shasta's north, in this undated file photograph. Courtesy of Visit Redding

Northern California authorities have identified a climber who died earlier this month after falling 2,000 feet down a glacier on Mount Shasta in Siskiyou County.

Matias Augusto Travizano, 45, of Argentina, was with two other climbers when he fell to his death, the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office said in a Sept. 19 statement posted to social media.