Green Boots - a name given to the unidentified body of a climber that became a landmark on the main Northeast ridge route of Mount Everest. (en.wikipedia.org)

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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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[-] CheeseAndCrepes@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

During Covid the sherpas took the opportunity to really clean up Everest, including Green Boots. It’s such a shame that their best option to earn a living is to watch rich folk trash a mountain they consider sacred.

[-] Lazerbeams2@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

I just checked the article and can we talk about The Rainbow Valley for a second? It sounds so nice, but it's actually a hole full of corpses in colorful clothing. Why would anyone climb Everest?

[-] decadentrebel@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That article was a rabbit hole. Found out about a dead climber called Sleeping Beauty because her corpse looks like it's just taking a nap on the floor.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago

Hey here's an idea, maybe we stop climbing the mountain with dead people on it?

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

Naw

[-] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months 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.