In reply to Trangia:
I've been following this on Fbook via Indian friends. The issue of different clothing high up and lower down is not it - plenty of people wear different gear down low and don't use their down suit until up high. So that was not really the clincher.
The different boots was a problem, but it was not initially clear that they were claiming that the yellow suit/yellow boots photo was them.
What did it was a photo of the guy with the Indian flag, wearing red boots, with Sherpas and others behind him on the summit. It quickly became obvious he had nicked this pic from another Indian climber, Photoshopped in the flag, his red boots, his face in the hood and his different coloured mitts. The body and surrounds were the same as that of the photo owner.
But what nailed it was when you saw the photo-owner's pic, not only was the body pose the same as the faker, but the Sherpas and others in the background were in the *exact* same position - something almost impossible to pull off, especially on the summit of Everest. Two photos making this comparison were published in other sources, but the second photo was slightly off, a later shot in the sequence. There is actually a 3rd photo around, the exact original that was nicked and shopped. When you see *that* one plus the fake next to it, it's all pretty clear.
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