<P> Initially, there were some misunderstandings and harsh words regarding the actions of the Fukuoka team, which were later clarified . According to Reuters, the Indian expedition had made claims that the Japanese had pledged to help with the search but instead had pressed forward with their summit attempt . The Japanese team denied that they had abandoned or refused to help the dying climbers on the way up, a claim that was accepted by the Indian - Tibetan Border Police . Captain Kohli, an official of the Indian Mountaineering Federation, who earlier had denounced the Japanese, later retracted his claim that the Japanese had reported meeting the Indians on 10 May . </P> <P> While it is commonly believed that Green Boots is the body of Head Constable Tsewang Paljor, a 1997 article, titled "The Indian Ascent of Qomolungma by the North Ridge", published by P.M. Das, deputy leader of the expedition in Himalayan Journal, raises the possibility that it could instead be that of Lance Naik Dorje Morup . Das wrote that two climbers had been spotted descending by the light of their head - torches at 19: 30, although they had soon been lost from sight . The next day the leader of the second summit group of the expedition radioed base camp that they had encountered Morup moving slowly between the First and Second Steps . Das wrote that Morup "had refused to put on gloves over his frost - bitten hands" and "was finding difficulty in unclipping his safety carabiner at anchor points ." According to Das, the Japanese team assisted in transitioning him to the next stretch of rope . </P> <P> The Japanese group discovered the body of Tsewang Samanla above the Second Step later on . On the return trip, the group found that Morup was still making slow progress . Morup is believed to have died in the late afternoon on 11 May . Das states that Paljor's body was never found . </P> <P> A second ITBP group also came across the bodies of Samanla and Morup on their return from the summit . Das wrote that they encountered Morup "lying under the shelter of a boulder near their line of descent, close to Camp 6" with intact clothing and his rucksack by his side . </P>

Dead bodies on mount everest used as landmarks