Updated Feb 11, 2021 | 13:17 IST
A Nepalese investigation found that Indian climbers Narender Singh Yadav and Seema Rani Goswami had never climbed to the top of Mt Everest. File image of Mt Everest | Photo Credit: AP
Kathmandu: The Government of Nepal has imposed a ban on two Indian climbers as they had faked their 2016 Mount Everest climbs. While revoking the duo’s Mt Everest summit certificates yesterday, Kathmandu announced that the climbers cannot undertake any mountaineering activity in the Himalayan nation for six years.
Nepal also imposed a similar ban on the two climbers’ team leader, Naba Kumar Phukon. The Indian climbers were identified as Narender Singh Yadav and Seema Rani Goswami.
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Summit: Climbing Everest has been fostered as a national sporting achievement in India. Photo / File
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Nepal has banned a climbing team for six years after it emerged they had faked their 2016 Everest expedition.
The climb by two Indian mountaineers - Narender Singh Yadav and Seema Rani Goswami - had been certified by Nepal s tourism department. The two police constables had been hailed as heroes after reportedly conquering the world s highest mountain in May 2016.
However, the impressive feat only came into question three years later, after Yadav was nominated for an award.
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Nepal Bans 3 Indian Mountaineers For 6 Years For Faking Their 2016 Everest Summit
Mount Everest, the world highest peak, and other peaks of the Himalayan range are seen through an aircraft window during a mountain flight from Kathmandu, Nepal January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Monika Deupala
Narender Singh Yadav and Seema Rani Goswami said they reached the top of the world s highest mountain in the 2016 spring season, and Nepal s tourism department certified their claim at the time.
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Nepal on Wednesday revoked the Everest summit certificates of two Indian climbers for faking their 2016 ascent, and banned them and their team leader from mountaineering in the country for six years, officials said.
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Indian mountaineers say that in addition to the steps being taken by Nepal to prevent false climb claims, the Indian government also needs to take strong measures against errant climbers.
Indiaâs mountaineering fraternity hung its head in shame earlier this week as news emerged of Nepal imposing a
10-year ban on two Indian climbers for submitting false claims to have summited the worldâs highest peak.
Narendra Singh Yadav and Seema Rani Goswami, both from Haryana, claimed to have made it to the top of Mount Everest in 2016. They were even presented with certificates for their climb by the Nepal authorities.