India is seeking a specialist high-altitude rescue team to retrieve the frozen remains of Dorje Morup, an Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer who died descending Mount Everest in 1996 and whose body, identifiable by his distinctive lime-green mountaineering boots, has lain at 8,500 metres on the mountain's treacherous Chinese-facing slope for three decades. Long misidentified, the remains — known among climbers as 'Green Boots' and used as a grim trail marker near the summit — are now believed by Indian authorities to belong to Morup, one of three ITBP members killed in a blizzard during a historic attempt to become the first Indian expedition to summit Everest from the Chinese side. The recovery mission, funded by the ITBP and targeted for completion by September, faces extreme logistical challenges including sub-zero temperatures, thin oxygen, steep terrain, and the absence of helicopter evacuation infrastructure on the northern face, with experts estimating costs of up to $80,000; if successful, Morup's remains will undergo DNA testing before being returned to his family in Ladakh (an Indian-administered Himalayan territory), who plan to hold a state funeral and honour him as a national martyr.