MOUNT Everest is the highest peak on Earth, and climbing it is the ultimate achievement for any mountaineer. More than 5,000 have scaled it since it was first climbed by New Zealander Edmund Hillar… ...

Mount Everest is home to more than 200 bodies. Rachel Nuwer investigates the sad and little-known story behind its most prominent resident, ‘Green Boots’.

For nearly 20 years, Paljor’s body – popularly known as Green Boots, for the neon footwear he was wearing when he died – has rested near the summit of Everest’s north side.

“Green Boots,” believed to be Indian climber Tsewang Paljor, as seen in 2010. In 2014, a Chinese expedition moved his body out of the way. Maxwelljo40 via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 ...

Green Boots' cave is at 27,890 feet (8,500m) and is littered with abandoned oxygen bottles. In 2014, a Chinese expedition were able to move Paljor's body to a less exposed location on the mountain ...

At 27,900 feet above sea level, people have also trudged past “Green Boots,” a body curled under a limestone rock and named for the climber’s neon-colored footwear.

Summiting Everest is a feat only 5,000 people have achieved. ... "Green Boots," an Indian climber, died on the Northeast Ridge of Mount Everest in 1996. Wikimedia Commons/Maxwelljo40 ...

Remains found on Mount Everest could help solve 100-year-old mystery 00:33. A documentary team discovered human remains on Mount Everest apparently belonging to a man who went missing while trying ...