The deadliest climbing season in four years on Mount Everest has claimed the life of a former Holland & Hart patent attorney.

Christopher Kulish, 62, died early Monday morning after summiting the world's highest peak, according to a news release his brother provided to The Denver Post.

“Chris was a partner in our patent group in the Boulder office from 2002 to 2009,” Holland & Hart said in a statement. ”Chris will be remembered as a friend and an excellent patent attorney. We are deeply saddened to learn of his death, and extend our sympathies to his family and friends.”

Until his death, Kulish maintained a solo practice in Boulder.

According to The Denver Post, by making it to the top of Mount Everest, Kulish entered the ”7 Summit Club,” an achievement based on having scaled the highest peak on each continent. He died during his descent at the next camp below the summit on the mountain's southeast ridge.

At least 11 people have died trying while climbing Mount Everest thus far in 2019, a number that some news reports have attributed to overcrowding on the mountain. But The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Nepal tourism officials have no intention of restricting the number of permits issued to climb the 29,035-foot peak.

According to Reuters, which first reported Kulish's death citing Nepalese officials, he summited the mountain via the standard Southeast Ridge route in the morning and then died suddenly at South Col, the final climbing camp below the peak.