Did you just found out about Gren Boots Of Everest Nepal? I’m sure you did. That’s the reason why you are here. It is no longer a mystery as there is many big-budget Hollywood movie has made about Mount Everest. Especially “Everest” based on a true story directed and produced by Baltasar Kormákur is one of the films you would watch. However, any video you watch about Everest; there is one name, “Green Boots of Everest.”
As a mountain guide from Nepal and the expedition leader of NEST Adventure, I am keen to share some facts about the death in Mount Everest. I know it’s shocking, but I realized people deserved to know who is green boots and how did he become so famous as a Green Boots of Everest? 
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Who is Green Boots on Everest
Indian climber Tsewang Paljor who was part of the 6 Indian climbers in 1996. The team of 6 waiting for the last push to the summit from the North-East route. When the bad weather stricks, Harbhajan Singh, (the team leader, and the only survivor of the expedition) returned to camp while three of them Paljor, Smanla, and Morup decided to push the limits, after the blizred, no one saw Smanla and Morup. Later, Tsewang Paljor was found dead by leaning on the cave. He was wearing green boots the day he was last seen alive. Up to now, his body remains as a famous name, “Green Boots of Everest.” To the date anyone is climbing Everest from the North East side, the climber encounters the Green Boots or needs to steep over into it. 
Where is green boots on Everest
One of the most well-known names during Everest Expedition “Green Boots.” It is a nickname given to one of the corpses because of his bright green mountaineering boots. High up in the elevation of 27,890 feet (8,500 m), there is a cave and a dead body of Indian climber Tsewang Paljor on green boots and a couple of oxygen cylinders on his back. 
Who is Green Boots in real life
28-year-old Tsewang Paljor is an Indo-Tibetan climber from the small mountain village of North India Sakti. He was border police and grew up in the Himalayas with high confidence to conquer his dream to become the first Indians to reach the top of Everest from the Northside.
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Because of his foundation with previous climbing experience and also border police in the high altitude of the border between India and China, Paljor was sure enough Everest was not a big deal. For him, the goal was not only the summit but to be the first Indians to reach the top of Everest from the Northside. Despite being informed that the weather is getting worse, Paljor and two of his colleagues decided to rather continiue than a give up.
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Based on the report from BBC, the expedition leader, Mohinder Singh, received the call from Smanla (one of the climbing members) announced that he, Paljor, and Morup were standing on the summit. On the way to Camp IV, after the summit, they were caught in a snow blizzard. Nobody saw or heard back from them again until the first climbers looking for desperate shelter crawling toward small cave came upon green boots and a couple of oxygen cylinders on his back trying to shield himself from the storm.
What happened to Green Boots’s body?
His body in 2014 went missing; presumably, it’s buried, or someone might have taken it. His family was heartbroken when they heard the story from the BBC about Green Boots. Some Sherpa friend told me (who recently climbed Mount Everest said) somebody actually buried a body with snow and stones upon Paljor’s family request. Nobody saw Green Boots between 2014-2017. However, in 2017, It came to visible again with more rocks surrounded the body. The body is still in the same spot as it is. Tsewang Paljor’s dead body up to now is serving trail maker map for those who are seeking to conquer the world’s highest mountain from its north face.
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Unlike many who ended up in Rainbow Valley with no identification, Tsewang Paljor’s well-known name as “Green Boots” is still guiding to the fellow climbers.
FAQ.
Has Green Boots Been Removed From Everest?
No! Almost 25 years now, Green Boots remains in Everest. Somebody actually buried the body with snow and stones upon Paljor’s family request. Nobody saw Green Boots between 2014-2017. However, in 2017, It came to visible again with more rocks surrounded the body.
How did Green Boots die?
A snowstorm hit him and two other friends. No one saw his two other friends, but for 25 years now, Green Boots is still there. Based on the interview with a team leader Mohinder Singh told BBC reporter Rachel Nuwer Paljor, Smanla, and Morup stood up in the Everest but died on the storm on their descend to camp IV.
What is Rainbow Valley in Everest
As much as it sounds so beautifully as you pronounce Rainbow Valley, the story behind the name is extremely disturbing. Located in the Northeast Ridge Route, the rainbow valley is a part of the landmark during Everest Expedition with full of dead bodies of climbers. The question is, why do they call it a rainbow valley? Well, the answer is simple; it’s a metaphor. The area covered with the dead body with brightly colored down jackets and expedition gear; that’s how it got its name as Rainbow Valley. It’s a small portion, down deep in the corner not like a “valley,” “valley,” you imagine. 
Where is Rainbow Valley in Everest
Rainbow Valley is just right below the summit at around the elevation of 8,500m towards the northern side. Anyone using this route has no choice but to cross over steeping the dead. The climbers who either didn’t make it to the summit or fell off the cliff on the way to camp IV this is the ultimate graveyard. J.H. Moncrieff writes in her horror and suspension story, and I kind of agreed with her brief.
“A Japanese woman named Yasuko Namba, Neal Beidleman and their team was considered too far gone to make it down the mountain alive. Their team agreed to leave them to die.” This is the story you can watch in the Hollywood movie called “Everest.” But in the film, they didn’t show Yasuko Namba, and Neal Beidleman was left behind for her to die. Instead, they made up a story as she died in a storm.
But “Neal Beidleman” (the main character of the film) from Dallas, Texas, survived the night of the storm and walked camp IV on his own while his team left them all to die. From this true story, you can tell, unlucky mountaineer will remain frozen in Rainbow Valley Of Everest. If you put yourself on that movie’s story as a strong climber who made it to the camp IV but left Yasuko Namba and Neal Beidleman to die in the storm, would you risk your life and go back to rescue them? Probably you don’t. That’s what everyone did. The lesson no one going to help you, either do it yourself or die. That is what it’s all about Rainbow Valley in Everest.
Why the dead bodies are everywhere in Rainbow Valley
The chances are when climbers die, high up in the elevation, the body remains there. Climbers need to sign authorizing themself either pay the amount to recover (over 70k+) or let stay on the mountain. Due to its extreme weather, it preserves the body for a decade like it seems nothing happened to the person. A lot of accident occurs in the death zone of Mount Everest, and most of the fatality is after the summit. Anyone who dies in the death zone, their graveyard, is Rainbow Valley. The trail in the death zone literally has no space to hold the dead body as only one climber will fit at a time. Anyone passed away along the way to the death zone; all other climbers will push the body away from the trail. Which eventually make it to the Rainbow valley.
Do they remove bodies from Everest
The next possible questions you might be thinking, why don’t they remove the body and delivered it to their family? Well, It’s not as easy as you imagine. Anyone died high up in the elevation. It’s almost impossible to recover the body because of the extreme weather. The helicopter can’t fly over or stay hold for search and rescue because of the strong wind. It has to be a human team to recover the body. But the question? Who on earth is willing to risk their lives, to recover the dead. Likely no one. That’s how the dead bodies are piling up, creating colorful graveyard by their clothes, making its name as Rainbow Valley.
Some (privileged people) bodies have been recover from the Everest with over 70,000+ USD. But this is not every family or their insurance company can afford. The cost might increase depending on how severe the situation and additional sources might need.
Where is the death zone on Mt Everest
Death zone in Mount Everest located just below the summit above 8,000m (26,247 feet) of elevation. Over 200 climbers have died just in this spot alone out of 295 since 1924. They call it a death zone; it’s because the human body simply can’t adjust the available oxygen here. When you are at this altitude, every breath you take only contains about one-third of the oxygen of that at sea level. Running out of an oxygen cylinder in this area means dying slowly from the suffocated. Anyone reaches this area; there is no chance of lingering or time for multiple selfies. Also, the trail is extremely narrow and no space for oncoming traffic.
Spring of 2019 became the history of killing at least 11 people on Mount Everest, and 9 of them died in the death zone. The majority of them died because of running out the oxygen, causing them altitude sickness while waiting for human traffic to be clear out. 
What is the chance of dying on Mount Everest
Nearly 5,000 climbers have steeped on top of Mount Everest, and 295 of them have died since 1924 (Based on the Himalayan Database 2019), which is below 1% of a death rate. The death ratio on Moun Everest was high as 2.2% between the year of 1970-1980s. But as the year pass the death ration came down to below 1% in 2019. According to the report published in BBC, a majority of the death was caused by an avalanche (around 41.6%) while 22.2% of death on Moun Everest was by (AMS) actual mountain sickness. 
And for all climbs above base camp in the region, the death rate has dropped from 3% in the 1950s to 0.9% over the past decade. For Sherpas, the Nepalese professional climbers hired to support mountaineering teams, it has declined from 1.3% to 0.8%.
In 2018 about 800 climber summit the mountain making it the highest number ever stepped on top of Mount Everest. Mount Everest is not as deadly as another mountain in Nepal. Annapurna I is the most dangerous mountain in the world over 8,000m. Which has the death rate of 35% compear to Everest, which is less than 1% of the death rate.
