Nepal has banned three Indian mountaineers for six years for faking their2016 ascentlinktoMt Everest, officials said Wednesday.
The climbers claimed to reach the top of Mt Everest, the world’s highestmountain in the 2016 spring season.
But outrage erupted among Indian mountaineers after Yadav was listed forthe prestigious Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award last year, triggering aninvestigation regarding their ascent.
Tourism Ministry spokesman Tara Nath Adhikari told their investigations andenquiries with other climbers revealed that the two “never reached thesummit”.
“They couldn’t produce any evidence of their ascent to the peak… they evenfailed to submit reliable photos of them at the summit,” the spokesman said.
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The two climbers and their team leader Naba Kumar Phukon have been bannedfrom climbing Nepal’s mountains for six years, starting retroactively fromMay 2016.
The organizing team has been fined 50,000 rupees and their supportingSherpa has been fined Rs10,000.
