In reply to Steve Parker:
Seen the rather aggressive allegations posted on this website?
http://www.k2climb.net/news.php?id=808
The report appears to be anonymously by-lined - you do wonder whether Von K and his pals have had anything to do with it.
However, if accurate, the questions about the 1980s clothing and boots are intriguing. And how far does can the much-vaunted DNA evidence be regarded as conclusive?
(Not that it's at all important, I'm just keen for this entertaining soap opera of egos and reputations to continue...which I'm sure it will)