A 45-year-old Filipino mountaineer has died while attempting to summit Mount Everest.

Philipp II Santiago reached Camp IV at approximately 8:00 PM on Wednesday but succumbed to exhaustion shortly thereafter, a press release issued by the Department of Tourism, on Thursday said. He had arrived at the camp visibly fatigued, and his body was found at the site.

The Department confirmed that Santiago’s remains have been left at Camp IV, located at an altitude of 7,900 metres, due to the extreme conditions and logistical challenges of retrieval.

In response to rising fatalities, Nepal is considering stricter regulations for Everest expeditions, including higher permit fees and mandatory experience requirements for climbers.

The government has registered the Integrated Tourism Bill in the upper house of the federal parliament on April 18 that makes it mandatory for any climber wishing to summit Everest to have already conquered a mountain over 7,000 metres.