Indian Climber Banned For Faking Everest Ascent Reaches Summit

Narender Singh Yadav claimed to have reached the top of Mount Everest in May 2016. But his photos were later shown to have been digitally altered.

Indian climber Narender Singh Yadav, banned from Everest after faking a summit of the world's highest mountain, has successfully scaled the peak for real, telling AFP he returned to "prove" himself.

Mr Yadav claimed to have reached the top of the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) mountain in May 2016.

But photos of the 26-year-old at the summit were later shown to have been digitally altered, prompting the Nepal government to revoke recognition of his feat.

Mr Yadav and two other climbers were issued a six-year ban backdated to 2016, and this was the first year he was able to return to the mountain.