印度夫婦靠PS登頂珠峯 被罰10年禁登世界屋脊

An Indian couple are under investigation by Nepalese authorities amid allegations they doctored photographs of themselves to support false claims they reached the summit of Mount Everest.

一對印度夫婦由於涉嫌修改照片以證明自己成功登頂珠峯，目前正在接受尼泊爾當局的調查。

Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod, who are both police constables in the Indian state of Maharashtra, are accused of using another mountaineer's photographs in order to gain official climber certificates.

迪內希·拉託德和塔拉凱什瓦里·拉託德都是印度馬哈拉施特拉邦的警察。二人被指控使用其他登山者的照片以取得尼泊爾旅遊部頒發的登頂證書。

One man has submitted what he claims are the unaltered photos from the top of the summit, which show the same people in the background but no sign of Mr and Mrs Rathod.

一名登山者提交了據稱在珠峯山頂所拍的原始照片，背景顯示有相同的人，卻沒有拉託德夫婦。

Although the alleged fraud does not amount to a criminal offence, the Nepalese government could decide to revoke their certificates and ban them from mountaineering in the country for at least 10 years.

儘管這種欺騙手段不足以構成刑事犯罪，但是尼泊爾當局仍決定收回登頂證書，並禁止他們在10年內攀登珠峯。

Nepal's tourism chief, Prasad Dhakal, said his department had spoken to the expedition's organisers and officials stationed at Everest base camp before validating the couple's certificates.

尼泊爾旅遊局局長普拉薩德·德哈卡爾表示，在給這對夫婦頒發證書前，旅遊局曾經向探險組織和珠峯大本營駐地工作人員確認過。

He added: "In order to provide a certificate to the climber, we rely on their photograph on top of Mount Everest … If someone fakes their photos, it's hard to determine that they are not original."

他補充說道："向登山者提供證書，我們主要依據就是他們在珠峯頂上的照片。但如果有人造假，那麼我們就很難去判斷真僞。"

Eight climbers have filed complaints against Mr and Mrs Rathod - and say such fraudulent claims belittle the achievements of genuine mountaineers who reach the 8,848m (29,029ft) summit.

有8名登山者表達了對拉託德夫婦的不滿。他們表示，這種欺詐性行徑有損真正登上珠峯8848米（合29029英尺）山頂的運動員的尊嚴。

Following two years of deadly disasters on the mountain, including an earthquake and multiple avalanches, a total of 456 people managed to scale the world's highest mountain this year.

近兩年，珠峯發生了嚴重的災害事件，其中包括一次地震和多次雪崩，儘管如此，今年已有456名勇士成功登頂了珠峯。