He is a helicopter pilot specialized in rescues in the Himalayas, and in 2012 carried out a long-line rescue on Tengkangpoche at over 6,400 m.

Among his many awards, he received the “Pierre de Coubertin Fair Play Trophy” from UNESCO, the “David A. Sowles Award” from the American Alpine Club, and the Gold Medal for Civilian Valor from the President of the Italian Republic for the extreme and dangerous rescue he operated to the young British mountaineer Tom Moores on the west face of Lhotse (8,516 m.) in Nepal, alone, in the dark, with a very high avalanche risk and without oxygen.

“Best of The Explorersweb” for the best mountaineering achievement and “Golden Piton Award” from the American magazine Climbing for the winter ascent of Gasherbrum II.