Green Boots is the name given to the unidentified body of a climber that became a landmark on the main Northeast ridge route of Mount Everest. The body has not been officially identified, but he is believed to be Tsewang Paljor, an Indian climber who died on Everest in 1996. The term Green Boots originated from the green Koflach mountaineering boots on his feet. All expeditions from the north side encountered the body curled in the limestone alcove cave at 8,500 m (27,900 ft), until it was moved in 2014.

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    1 year ago

    Can you please fix your post so that it links to the original wikipedia page?

    Otherwise, yeah, mighty creepy - remember reading about it some time ago. Apparently, there is quite some bodies lying around in Mount Everest as it’s just not worth it/feasible to recover the bodies so they serve as a warning.