Thanks to Amelia Neath & Shweta Sharma and Independent News Online for the Headline.
Well who would have thought the criminal fraternity would go so far as to ruin the reputations of the likes of Sherpa Tensing and also ruin the landscape of Everest itself, scattered with tents and discarded equipment.
Apparently from 2022 to 2025 a total of 4782 international climbers have been “poisoned”, including lacing food with large amounts of baking powder to stimulate gastric distress. The scam was to claim on insurance for aerial evacuations. The scam included a range of participants including ” actors” who faked illness in order to be rescued.
So far the bills to the insurers and the climbers for fake rescues have amounted to $20million dollars.
Honestly if this article had been published on April the 1st , I would not have believed it.
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