Is dead Ermanno Salvaterra, climber and mountain guide from Trentino, known internationally for his exploits in the Brenta Dolomites and in the mountains of Patagonia. Salvaterra, aged 68, died in the early afternoon of today while walking along the route together with a customer Hartmann/Krauss, on the western crest of Campanile Alto. The mountaineer, known as “The Tower Man” for his numerous expeditions on the Cerro Torre group, between Argentina and Chile, he was leading the rope when he lost his grip, probably due to a rock failure, falling for about twenty meters, at an altitude of about 2,750 meters of altitude.
The rescuers were alerted shortly after 2 pm, while the Trentino Alpine Rescue operators were transferred to high altitude by helicopter and lowered with the winch directly to the scene of the accident. The rescue technicians could do nothing but ascertain the death and recover the body, which was then transferred to Our Lady of Campiglio. The climbing partner was instead recovered and transported, unharmed, downstream.
Born in 1955 in Pinzolo, Salvaterra has always lived in close contact with the Alpine peaks. His parents managed the “XII Apostles” refuge, of which he himself became the official manager until 2007. At the age of 11 the first ascent of the Torri d’Agola, while in 1979 he became a mountain guide. In the same year, he began a series of solo ascents, also managing to complete the climb, in twelve consecutive hours, on Crozzon di Brenta, Pilastro della Tosa, Campanile Basso, Brenta Alta and Campanile Alto. In 1988, he became Italian champion of kilometer launched on skis, with 211.640 kilometers per hour (record held for five years), while from 1982 he began a series of solo expeditions in Patagonia, opening new routes on Fitz Roy, Cerro Torre and the Torres del Paine. It was precisely on Cerro Torre that he completed via Maestri for the first time in winter, in 1985, and opened a direct variant in 1999. In 1993, however, he crossed the southern Patagonian ice field.
Writer, filmmaker and explorer, Salvaterra was a frequent guest of the Trent Film Festival, where he presented his works and told of expeditions to the peaks of Patagonia. His “The big dream” is among the books of the 59th Bancarella sport selection award 2022. “We were always in touch. He definitively opened all the empty pages of Cerro Torre’s history. I am very sad: it is a death that touches me a lot. I am also concerned as we have recently lost ten of the greatest living climbers,” he said Messner, heard by ANSA. Condolence for the death of Salvaterra was also expressed by the local mountaineering world. “A great person leaves us“, wrote the Tridentine Mountaineers Society (Sat).
2023-08-18 20:07:59
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