New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- A 45-year-old tech entrepreneur and scholar, Matias Augusto Travizano, has died after falling nearly 2,000 feet while descending Mount Shasta in northern California.

According to the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office, Travizano was part of a group of three climbers who reached the 14,000-foot summit of the stratovolcano on September 12. The group began their descent via the Clear Creek route, but two climbers lost their way and became stranded on an ice sheet at around 13,500 feet on the Wintun Glacier.

Authorities said Travizano attempted to slide down the icy slope to reach safer ground but lost control. He struck a boulder around 300 feet below, which knocked him unconscious. A fellow climber tried to reach him ...