First Everest death of climbing season recorded

A Filipino climber has died on Mount Everest, officials said Thursday, becoming the first fatality of this year’s climbing season on the world’s highest mountain.Philipp Santiago, 45, was preparing to summit the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) peak, but was exhausted when he reached the final camp (Camp 4) on Wednesday night, Himal Gautam of Nepal’s tourism department told AFP.“He died at the place where he was resting,” said Bodha Raj Bhandari, of Snowy Horizon Treks an