New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- For thirty years, a lifeless figure clad in bright lime-coloured boots has lain undisturbed beneath a rocky overhang near the summit of the world's tallest mountain. Climbers making their final push to the top of Everest have long passed this eerie waypoint, known simply as "Green Boots" - a grim but unavoidable marker on the route.

Indian authorities now believe they know exactly whose body it is, and they are moving to bring him home, BBC reported.

India is reportedly scouting for an elite high-altitude recovery team willing to take on one of mountaineering's most hazardous assignments: retrieving the remains believed to belong to Dorje Morup, an Indian climber who perished during a 1996 expedition. His case is co...