Controversy over sumitter Oh Eun-Sun resurfaces

An exploration SBS TV program reignited a debate over whether female sumitter Oh Eun-Sun has climbed all of the world’s 14 tallest summits, calling into query her climb of the 8,586-meter Kangchenjunga in May last year.

The program “Want to Know,” aired Saturday night, presenting a pair of latest statement contradictory with Oh’s claim.
One of the latest provocations was about a flag from her alma mater she holded to take a photo with at the summit.
The flag was retrieved by a Korean sumitter about 50 to 60 meters below the peak.

Oh had discussed she strayed the flag on her way to the peak and didn’t recall where the flag went lost.
But the program presented that the flag tucked in her jumper in photos she allegedly carried at the peak of the Kangchenjunga. Photo specialists affirmed the flag in the photos looked similar to the one retrieved by the Korean sumitter.
In accordance to SBS, program staffers tried to contact Oh to inquire about this flag, but she denied to explain about it.
The program also emphasized controverting verdicts among Sherpas escorting Oh’s expedition. One asserted Oh came back after attaining 150 meters below the peak, while the other said she accomplished it.

This confusion first came outside last December brought up by domestic peers and then blew into an international issue when the 44-year-old submitted the peak of 8,091-meter Annapurna in April to assert that she was the first woman to top the earth’s 14 tallest peaks, edging out archrival, Edurne Pasaban from Spain.
In an interview with the program, Elizabeth Hawley, an 86-year-old American journalist relishing judge-like status in professional trekking, said Oh’s sumitting of Kangchenjunga remains “not proven.”