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    In a rather unbelievable piece of development today, two Indian climbers got banned from Mount Everest for a weird reason.
    The couple, as per the report in Daily Mail, have been banned from mountaineering in Nepal for six years for lying that they had reached the summit of Mount Everest. 
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    The report suggests that an investigation found that Narender Singh Yadav and Seema Rani Goswami's 2016 climb had been faked, after it was certified by the tourism department at the time.

    The pair, reportedly a couple from India, and their team leader were banned by Nepal after an investigation was launched when they could not provide verifiable evidence of their summit.
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    Yadav was slated to win India's prestigious Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award, but when the news broke Indian mountaineers and the media reacted with outrage and rightfully so. 

    Analysis was shared that showed photographic evidence the climber had used to 'prove' he reached the top of the world's tallest mountain was in fact doctored. And that is crazy.
    Consequently, the award was subsequently retracted from Yadav, and an investigation was launched leading to their summit certification being revoked.
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    Speaking to AFP news agency, a spokesman for Nepal's tourism ministry said their investigation and enquiries with other climbers found the couple 'never reached the summit'.

    'They couldn't produce any evidence of their ascent to the peak… they even failed to submit reliable photos of them at the summit,' the spokesman said.
    Another ministry spokesman told The Indian Express, 'In our investigation, we found that they had submitted fake documents [including photographs]. 
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    Reaching the summit of Mount Everest, standing at 29,029 feet (8,848 metres) in the Himalayas, is considered to be an outstanding feat for mountaineers globally. Climbers that reach the summit have often gone on to become motivational speakers, or have written books about their journey to reach the peak.

    Currently, the system requires photos and reports from team leaders and government officers stationed at the base camp as proof of reaching the summit.
    But the potential rewards mean the system is open to attempts at fakery, and this is not the first time climbers have been banned for doctoring photographs.
    In 2016, another Indian couple - both police constables - were banned for 10 years for faking photographs that they claimed showed them at the top of Everest.
    (Source: Daily Mail) 

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