News ‘Passed away doing what he loved’: Second American dies on Mount Everest in crowded year May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY Comments Off on ‘Passed away doing what he loved’: Second American dies on Mount Everest in crowded year Christopher Kulish, 62, a Boulder, Colorado, attorney, became at least the eleventh death atop Mount Everest this climbing season amid overcrowding.