Popier points out that the 2025 team's pictures also support this. The summit, which they indicated on the photo below (labels added by Popier), is actually Sharphu VI.

Rock climbing specialist Rodolphe Popier: 'I believe Ueli Steck lied' The French researcher talks to El PAIS as to the reasons he thinks the Swiss climber's ascents from Shishapangma and you will ...

Rodolphe Popier told ExplorersWeb that the climbers' own topo shows that they ascended not Sharphu IV but Sharpu VI (6,076m). Popier points out that the 2025 team's pictures also support this.