# Everest: Just Don't Do It **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 22, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everest-just-dont-do-it/755397 "2016-05-22T21:31:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 63
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everest-just-dont-do-it/755397/1242 "2026-06-22T17:06:33Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > the Indian government is planning an expedition to retrieve the body of “Green Boots” from where it’s been obstructing the path to the summit since his death in 1996, return it to India, and determine his identity. This whole thing is kind of weird, from the rationale to the timing. Green Boots isn’t obstructing the path, the body is off to the side. It’s on the Tibetan side of the mountain, which China has since closed off to foreign climbers. Presumably, the rescue team will summit from the Nepal side and climb down the Northeast ridge to the body about 350m below the summit. In the request for bids, the Indian government identifies the body as Dorje Morup, which they say “has been confirmed through a prior verification process conducted under an earlier tender/technical assessment.” Maybe they aren’t so sure of the identity? And why the timing, that the body must be transported to Delhi by October? It’s monsoon season now, the next climbing window doesn’t open until sometime in September and running through November. Seems odd to rush this after the body has been there for 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everest-just-dont-do-it/755397/1243 "2026-06-26T17:41:55Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Interesting article from the Guardian today - the Indian government is planning an expedition to retrieve the body of “Green Boots” from where it’s been obstructing the path to the summit since his death in 1996, return it to India, and determine his identity. Wow I am amazed at this. Green Boots has been up there a long time. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everest-just-dont-do-it/755397/1244 "2026-07-31T16:59:25Z")
Not about Everest, but another of the the 14 “eight-thousanders”, Broad Peak: > **[World-renowned climber Nirmal Purja among 10 struck by avalanche on Pakistan...](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/31/nirmal-purja-10-climbers-missing-pakistan-broad-peak-mountain)** > > Rescuers say four bodies found in search for team caught in Broad Peak avalanche, after trackers showed rapid descent While 6 people are still listed as missing, it’s likely all 10 are dead. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everest-just-dont-do-it/755397/1245 "2026-09-27T15:43:11Z")
It was confirmed that all 10 are dead. And another avalanche killing people in Nepal (Himlung is about 160 miles straight line distance from Everest): > **[UPDATE: 16 feared dead in Himlung avalanche, two bodies identified, search to...](https://thetourismtimes.com/news/climbing/update-16-feared-dead-in-himlung-avalanche-two-bodies-identified-search-to-resume-tomorrow)** > > Hopes are almost fading of finding missing avalanche victims alive on Himlung Himal, rescuers said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everest-just-dont-do-it/755397.md?page=62)