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In 2019 he survived the 8 thousand meters of Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest peak in the world, to kill him were the mountains of his home, which he knew like the back of his hand. Carlalberto Cimenti, known as ‘Cala’, died this afternoon under two meters of snow, in the Alta Valle di Susa, overwhelmed by an avalanche with his friend and fellow hiker Patrick Negro, who also died. Experts in mountain skiing, they were recovered by the Alpine Rescue, alerted by the carabinieri, in the area of Cima del Bosco and Col Chalvet, on the border between the municipalities of Cesana and Sauze di Cesana.
The family asked for help, worried that they had not seen the two friends return. The avalanche fell downstream for about two hundred meters along a channel; Identified with binoculars, the rescuers, with the canine unit, went to the place and collected the signal from the Artva, the search device for the avalanche victim that Cimenti and Negro were carrying. With the use of probes, the bodies of the two mountain skiers were identified and unearthed, but for both there was nothing to do.
‘Cala’ had started climbing when he was very young, so much so that at twelve he was already at the top of Mont Blanc. A Himalayan veteran, he had risked death in Gasherbrun VII, Pakistan, when he saved the life of Franco Cassardo, his seriously injured climbing partner. He was the only Italian to win the ‘Snow Leopard’, the award given to those who reach the five seven thousand meter peaks found in the former Soviet Union. In Nepal, while he was at five thousand meters, he had asked his wife Erika to marry him.
On Sunday, Valentine’s Day, he would have turned 46. “Unfortunately, the most experienced are always those who take risks”, is the bitter comment of the mayor of Cesana, Roberto Vaglio, who mourns the two hikers, both from Pragelato. They had traveled that ravine dozens of times, but today the avalanche bulletin indicated a marked danger 3. “Let the snow be light”, “I can’t believe it, I have no words.” “You made us dream … thanks for the beautiful emotions” are just some of the social comments from the many fans of ‘Cala’. Photos released yesterday show him smiling during an off-piste at Prali. “Today I ventured into a new type of selfie: moving selfies inspired by an always magical setting,” wrote ‘Cala’ in his last post. The Municipality of Pragelato has proclaimed the mourning of the city.
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