Tech CEO Falls 2,000 to Death Off Mount…
Matias Augusto Travizano was a tech CEO from Argentina. He was the founder and CEO of GranData, according to his LinkedIn page, and a visiting scholar at the University of California-Berkeley, focusing on AI and complex systems.
GranData is an IT services and consulting company in San Francisco.
Authorities say he died following a 2,000-foot fall that came during a nightmarish descent from the Mount Shasta summit in which Travizano and two other climbers became “stranded” 13,500 feet off the ground on an ice sheet. He then slid out of control and struck a boulder, before sliding down the rest of the glacier and “out of sight,” they say.
The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office provided details and the victim’s name in a lengthy statement on Facebook.
“A man has died after falling approximately 2,000 feet down the Wintun Glacier along Mount Shasta’s Clear Creek climbing route,” the statement says. “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.”
Earlier that morning, “three individual climbers had successfully summited Mount Shasta, and on the descent, two of the climbers had accidentally wandered off trail, becoming stranded on an ice sheet at the northern tip of Wintun Glacier around 13,500 feet,” the sheriff’s release says.
“Realizing that they were on the wrong route, the men attempted to glissade down to a lower section of the mountain and re-enter the trail,” it says.
“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 statement says.
“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,” it adds.
“When the second climber got within 80 feet of injured climber, Mr. Travizano regained consciousness, and started moving. Tragically, this movement dislodged him from the rock and he slid down the remainder of the glacier and out of sight,” the post noted.
“A few minutes later, the third hiker arrived, and called 911 to report the incident. The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Team, USFS Climbing Rangers and CHP Northern Air Operations were then called to locate Mr. Travizano,” wrote the sheriff.
“A couple hours into the search operation, CHP Air Operations found him deceased at an elevation of 10,200 feet, near the base of the Wintun Glacier.”
The Sheriff’s Department added that, while the Clear Creek Route “is considered one of the mountain’s ‘safer’ trails to the summit, climbers can become disoriented in low-visibility conditions, particularly when descending from the summit plateau.”
“Once off trail, these climbers often wander into more hazardous areas in the Ash Creek or Mud Creek drainages, where accidents are more likely to occur,” the post says. “The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office offers its heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of Matias Travizano. We would also like to express our gratitude to the USFS Climbing Rangers, CHP Northern Air Operations, and Siskiyou SAR volunteers for their invaluable assistance during this mission.”
The 45-year-old tech CEO had reached the top of the more than 13,000-foot mountain peak before dying, according to The New York Post.
According to The Post, “the incredibly steep, icy and rocky Wintun Glacier” is around “13,500 feet in altitude.”
Travizano’s LinkedIn page says he was also a founder and managing partner of Sur Ventures and had a degree from the University of Buenos Aires.
He went by the name Mat Travizano on LinkedIn and called himself a “technology entrepreneur and investor.”