India to recover 'Green Boots' climber's body from Everest after 30 years: Report

The body of an Indian climber believed to have become the mountaineering world’s infamous “Green Boots” could finally be brought down from Mount Everest, three decades after he died while descending from the summit.India is preparing a high-altitude recovery mission to retrieve the remains of Dorje Morup, an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel who died on Mount Everest in 1996, according to a detailed report by the BBC.Morup’s body has remained frozen at about 8,500 metres on the northern side of Everest for nearly 30 years. The remains became known among climbers as “Green Boots” because of the distinctive bright green mountaineering boots visible on the body.The ITBP is now looking for a specialist team capable of undertaking the difficult recovery operation.