Overview
- The Indo‑Tibetan Border Police has floated a tender in June 2026 to hire a specialist high‑altitude recovery agency to retrieve the corpse known as 'Green Boots' from the mountain’s Tibet side.
- Public accounts disagree on the body’s identity, with the tender reportedly naming Lance Naik Dorje Morup while climbers and observers often identify him as Tsewang Paljor, both members of a 1996 ITBP expedition.
- The operation is planned to take place between June and September 2026 and would require experienced sherpas or climbers to carry the remains down above 8,000 metres because helicopters cannot land safely in the death zone.
- Officials say the mission will follow religious and cultural repatriation protocols and must secure coordination with Chinese authorities for transport out of Tibet and with Nepalese officials for onward transfer to Kathmandu.
- The effort highlights why many bodies remain on Everest — extreme risk, high cost and technical difficulty — and signals a sensitive precedent for families, climbers and authorities managing remains on the mountain.