Foreigners have to pay the Nepal government $11,000 for permission to climb the 29,030-feet peak, a major earner for the impoverished country. “I saw him alone near base camp so I approached him and he ran away,” said Gyanendra Shresth, the government liaison officer at base camp. “When I heard that most of the expeditions on Everest had retreated to base camp because of incoming weather, I made my move,” read the post. Last year, an Indian couple was banned from Nepal after they faked photographs purporting to show them at the top of Everest. The pair, both police constables, superimposed themselves and their banners onto photos taken by another Indian climber of his Everest summit.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 08, 2017 11:03 UTC