Mountains are my life and my passion

ABOUT ME

I was born in Bressanone on 7 December 1980. I grew up in Villandro, a small town with a population of 1800, and I have spent my childhood summers in a mountain pasture located 2000 m a.s.l. offering a 360° panoramic view of the mountains of South Tyrol, working as a shepherd.

I have been in love with the mountains since a young man. I started dedicating my time to them first as a ski tourer and then declining mountaineering in all of its forms.

In addition to countless climbs, North face ascents, high altitude excursions, ice climbs and ski-touring outings, I have also climbed the Aconcagua (6,962 m) in South America, the Damavand (5,610 m) in Iran and the Kasbek (5,033 m) in Georgia.

In 2017, I was the first man to climb, together with a client, a 6,029 m high peak never attempted before West of the Chearoko (6,127 m) in the Bolivian Cordillera Real.

In 2002,I became a member of the Alpine Rescue team of the Alpenverein Südtirol, and in 2009 I started studying to become an Alpine Guide. Since 2011 I have been a qualified ski and Alpine guide. From 2014 -2020 I was training manager of Alpine Rescue Southtirol, in which I have been able not only to follow many training courses throughout Europe but also to train Nepali sherpas and doctors in Nepal in mountain rescue topics.

Having attended a course for specializing in the ‘Mountaineering’ and ‘Mountain safety’ sectors in Saalfelden in the autumn of 2015, when required I act as expert in mountaineering accidents in South Tyrol.

Since 2017 I have been working as mountaineering instructor in courses for South Tyrolean ski instructors and since 2019 I have been instructor of the Ski and Mountaineering Guides of South Tyrol.