He's been frozen on Everest for 30 years, now 'Green Boots' may finally be coming home

For thirty years, the frozen body of an Indian climber known only as 'Green Boots' has served as a grim marker along Everest's route, BBC News reports. Now there's word he may finally be brought down from the mountain. Everest's extreme altitude and cold mean bodies of climbers who die near the summit are rarely recovered, leaving many where they fell.

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