Dorje Morup
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Dorje Morup was one among three Indians who died on Mount Everest
Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the world's highest mountain, with a peak at above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international boundary runs across the precise summit point...

 in 1996 Mount Everest disaster.
He was born on 01 Oct 1948 in village Skurbuchan in district Leh (Jammu & Kashmir). He joined ITBP as a constable in 1969. Climed Mt. Everest from North Col on 10 May 1996 to become member of the First Indian team to reach the summit from this side. While descending he was trapped in a snow blizzard, and died due to exposure. His body now rests in the highest abode of Himalayas
Himalayas
The Himalaya Range or Himalaya Mountains Sanskrit: Devanagari: हिमालय, literally "abode of snow"), usually called the Himalayas or Himalaya for short, is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau...

, Mount Everest.
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