[citation needed] With Vitor Negrete, he climbed the South Face of Aconcagua, the only Brazilian pair to do so.
He is the co-author, along with Diogo Schelp, of No Teto do Mundo [At the Roof of the World] (Leya, 2012; ISBN 978-8580441253).
Rodrigo Raineri died in a paragliding accident in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region, on 4 July 2024.
During the ongoing K2 climbing expedition, Raineri's group was on a leg to the K2 base camp.
[6] At the time of the accident, Raineri did not have a paragliding permit, and action was taken against Alpine Adventure Guides Pakistan, the tour operator for his trip.