Did Oh Eun-Sun summit Kangchenjunga, the world’s 3rd tallest mountain?

The 2009 ascent by a Korean climber of Nepal’s Kangchenjunga peak has been marked as “disputed” by the accepted arbiter of Himalayan climbing records.

Oh Eun-Sun, who has publicly defended her ascent, is currently climbing another Himalayan summit – Annapurna.

She hopes to become the first woman to scale the world’s 14 highest peaks.

Even if she scales the summit this weekend, her claim to the record could be in question after her nearest rival in the quest disputed the 2009 climb.

Ms Oh’s sponsors called a press conference in December to reassert her claim to have reached the summit. But she is to be questioned on her return.

All climbers who make an ascent from Nepal report to Elizabeth Hawley, an 86-year-old American based in Kathmandu, whose research is recorded in the Himalayan Database.

They have to answer her questions about the climb they have just undertaken.

Ms Hawley is widely accepted as the arbiter of Himalayan climbs. There is no official body which authenticates claims.-BBC

Ms. Hawley is waiting to talk to the Sherpa who is accompanying Oh on Annapurna and climbed Kanchenjunga with her. For the time being Ms. Oh is recognized as climbing the Himalayan mountain.

I once read that the peak of Kanchenjunga was sacred and that some sherpas refused to summit it. This source here says the people of Sikkim revere the mountain.