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Originally Posted by AdultKing
Everest is littered with frozen corpses of people who didn't make it.
The corpses even become waypoints, like "green boots" a pass named after someone who's green booted legs mark a particular point.
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Quite creepy
"Perhaps most well-known of all are the remains of Tsewang Paljor, a young Indian climber who lost his life in the infamous 1996 blizzard. 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. When snow cover is light, climbers have had to step over Paljor?s extended legs on their way to and from the peak."