Renato Casarotto
Renato Casarotto | |
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Casarotto in 1978 | |
| Born | May 15, 1948 |
| Died | July 16, 1986 (aged 38) |
| Cause of death | Injuries from falling into a crevasse |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Alpinist |
| Known for | First ascents of a number of new routes in the Alps and South America |
| Spouse | Goretta Traverso |
Renato Casarotto (Arcugnano, 15 May 1948 – K2, 16 July 1986) was an Italian mountaineer.
He was one of the strongest Italian alpinists of the 1970s and 1980s and was famous for his difficult solo winter climbs on the Dolomites and Mont Blanc and for opening new routes for mountains in Patagonia, Peru and in the Karakorum range. He lost his life during an attempt to scale the south-south-west ridge of K2.