That dead body is one of the most famous landmarks in the Everest, and nobody knows who he is.
The ascent of Mount Everest animates the fantasies of all mountaineers in this world, despite all the dangers it represents.
In addition, the corpses left on the snow over time are now used as "landmarks" by climbers.
Since the first attempts to climb Mount Everest in the 1920s, Mount Everest has continued to count the bodies of climbers who have come to climb it.
Despite its dangerousness, the highest mountain in the world animates passions and feeds on its mysteries forging its legend.
In total, it is estimated that there are more than 200 dead people on Everest, 150 of whom have never been found.
One of Everest's first victims, George Mallory, who disappeared in 1924, was found only in 1999, 75 years after his death.
We'll never know if he made it to the top...
Rising to an altitude of 8,848 metres, the king of the Himalayas is merciless in these extreme weather conditions.
Beyond an altitude of 7,900 metres, the summit of Everest is what is known as the "death zone".
The oxygen level is one-third that at sea level, which means that the body draws on its oxygen supply faster than it can replenish it through breathing.
Without respiratory assistance, it is humanly impossible to survive for more than 48 hours...
In addition, because of the limited oxygen for the effort required, it is impossible to try to rescue a trapped person.
It is mainly for this reason that so many corpses now litter the road leading to the summit of Everest, considered a real open-air cemetery.
Some of these bodies have even become landmarks for climbers.
The irony of the fate...
Among the most famous examples of the mountaineering world, there is the one of "Green Boots".
A recognizable landmark since it is an unidentified corpse wearing green shoes at an altitude of 8,460 metres.
The body has never been moved because of the frost that holds it against the rock.
One thing is certain, he is one of the victims of the famous 1996 storm that killed eight climbers between May 10 and 11.
While we mainly talked about what happened on the Nepalese side that year, we tend to forget that things got a little rough on the other side too.
There were six of them that day climbing this slope.
But when the storm hit, three of them wisely decided to turn back while the other three decided to continue, suffering from summit fever.
We will never see them alive again... Green Boots is one of those three.
According to the various testimonies reported by those who found them the next day, it is likely that it was Tsewang Paljor, although some sources say it was Dorje Morup.
Nobody really knows...
With time, that dead body has become a symbol of discipline in the wrong sense of the word, illustrating in particular the lack of solidarity that exists in the world of mountaineering.
If it seems logical that a mountaineer does not have to risk his life to save the lives of others, if the risk is too great, it also turns out that the expeditions tended to precipitate their ascent, even leaving colleagues behind.
The most striking example of this lack of solidarity is that of David Sharp, who died in 2006, very close to "Green Boots".
Ambitioning a solo ascent, the British mountaineer was found hypothermic in a cave by an expedition, but his transport and assistance seemed impossible.
For two days, different teams of climbers will meet him on his way.
Some will not even stop, confusing it with the famous "Green Boots".
When his death was announced, a huge controversy stirred up the mountaineering world.
There would have been at least 40 climbers who would have passed David Sharp, dying in the cold, without helping him.
His body was recovered a year after his death...
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