Mitch Sasser
Outdoor Enthusiast, Rescue Expert, Entrepreneur & Patagonia Resident
Originally from Austin, Texas, Mitch fell in love with guiding in the mountains and rivers of Northern New Mexico. As co-founder of H20 Patagonia, a Chilean based adventure expedition company, he directed the building of the eco-luxury lodgings found at Antucamay, H20’s 175 acre private riverside lodge on the Rio Futaleufu’ in Northern Patagonia. The company offers World Class rafting and multi-adventure activities in a truly spectacular setting. Mitch is also a recognized International Swiftwater
Flood/Rescue Instructor with the IRIA, the International Rescue Instructors Authority of USA and Canada, teaching throughout Chile, Argentina and Peru. He is member to the Swiftwater Flood/Rescue Advisory Board of South America and is a certified Wilderness First Responder.
He loves to kayak, fly fish and explore nature in whatever shape or form available at the given moment. Mitch spends his time developing new adventures throughout the region for H20, teaching rescue techniques for local communities and professional river guides, fly fishing to his heart’s content and raising his three girls. His wife Tatiana, born and raised in Futaleufu’ Chile, is a professional gourmet chef and catering specialist who owns and operates her restaurant, Martin Pescador, in
the town of Futaleufu’. Mitch and his family are active and vocal members of the growing eco-tourism & adventure travel economy of this magnificient community of Futaleufu’ Patagonia, Chile. Mitch is a founding director of Aguas Libres.
Ervin Redlich Hvalibota’s Biography
Ervin Redlich, president of Futaleufú’s Chamber of Tourism, is one of the founders of “Aguas Libres”. As an active member of this organization, he has a significant role in strengthening the ties with other organizations and communities that support the same cause: to protect Nature and the quality of life of Patagonia.
Born 35 years ago in Chile’s Patagonia, nature always has had a great impact on him who considers himself fortunate for growing up surrounded by such a paradisiacal scenery. Several natural disasters, including the devastation of a mountain’s vegetation, have shaped his mentality towards the environment and his desire to protect nature.
Years later, when he was in Chenqueco, home of the Mapuches, he witnessed the destruction of this land as well as its culture. By that time, the second and largest dam of the Bío-Bío’s River, which was considered as the largest dam of Chile, was built. The destruction of those magnificent landscapes, which were over-flooded made him realize how cultures are directly affected by nature, and how communities are deeply rooted and dependent of the land where they live.
Nowadays, Redlich lives in Futaleufú working with his family’s tourism company “Madre Selva”. He actively participates in the commune, loves sports, music and nature. He is proud of his two daughters, Sigrid and Jazmín, who as him, have also had the luck to live and grow in a clean, safe and secure and magnificent ambience.