# Cala Cimenti

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{{Short description|Italian mountaineer (1975–2021)}}
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| birth_name    = Carlalberto Cimenti
| birth_date    = 14 February 1975
| birth_place   = [Turin](/source/Turin), [Italy](/source/Italy)
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|02|08|1975|02|14}}
| death_place   = [Susa Valley](/source/Susa_Valley), Italy
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| spouse        = Erika Siffedri
| occupation    = Mountaineer
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'''Carlalberto "Cala" Cimenti''' (14 February 1975 – 8 February 2021) was an Italian [mountaineer](/source/mountaineer).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nonsolocontro.eu/nsc2/prima-cintura/leini/705-un-successo-la-corrida-2021.html|title=L'incontro con Carlalberto "Cala" Cimenti|date=6 February 2019|work=NonSoloContro|language=Italian|access-date=9 February 2021|archive-date=22 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322192838/https://www.nonsolocontro.eu/nsc2/prima-cintura/leini/705-un-successo-la-corrida-2021.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Biography==
A child prodigy of mountaineering, Cimenti climbed [Mont Blanc](/source/Mont_Blanc) with his father at age 12. In 2015, he became the first Italian to win a [Snow Leopard award](/source/Snow_Leopard_award). He also climbed [Cho Oyu](/source/Cho_Oyu), [Manaslu](/source/Manaslu), [Dhaulagiri I](/source/Dhaulagiri_I), [Nanga Parbat](/source/Nanga_Parbat) and Gasherbrum VII, where he saved the life of his friend, fellow mountaineer and former rugby player {{ill|Francesco Cassardo|it}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2019/07/04/news/nanga_parbat_cala_cimenti-230287913/|title=Nanga Parbat, il torinese Cala Cimenti arriva in vetta. Momenti di paura durante la discesa con gli sci|date=4 July 2019|work=La Repubblica|language=Italian}}</ref>

Six days before his 46th birthday, Cimenti was killed by an [avalanche](/source/avalanche) in the [Susa Valley](/source/Susa_Valley) with his friend, Patrick Negro.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alpinistiemontagne.gazzetta.it/2021/02/08/chi-e-carlaberto-cala-cimenti/|title=Chi è Carlaberto Cala Cimenti|date=8 February 2021|work=Alpinisti e Montagne|language=Italian}}</ref> He had been married to Erika Siffedri since 2018 and had a book published in 2020, titled ''Sdraiato in cima al mondo''.

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