How to Spot a Fake Summit Photo
October 29, 2025
Recent allegations of phony summit images on the world’s highest peaks ignited a debate in the mountaineering community. We asked photography experts how to spot a hoax. Just before noon on July 20, 2025, an Italian mountaineer named Marco Confortola trudged to the summit of 26,509-foot Gasherbrum I in Pakistan. Confortola snapped photos of himself to commemorate the moment: in ascending the peak, he claimed to have climbed all 14 of the world’s mountains above 8,000 meters. Outside
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