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在 UKClimbing 網站上, Jonathan Griffith 駁斥上篇的一些說法：

http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=68025
" . . . I realise that when you see the reaction from the Sherpas that it is natural to think that we did something terrible that we are not saying, but honestly this was not the case. The only reason given from the lead Sherpa was that we knocked ice down but I honestly cannot imagine this happened, the fact that no Sherpa has come forward with any injuries does back us up some what. I accept that our presence on the mountain may have stressed the Sherpas out but statements that we were told not to climb that day are total fabrications. We were asked by a IMG guide to not clip in to the ropes and naturally we did not do so . . ."

在前篇 po 出的網站上 http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2013...pas-viewpoint/ 有不少留言，如果有興趣了解不同人如何對這件事情有不同的看法，可以看看。

我比較有興趣的是雪巴人的留言，特摘錄幾則如下：

Phinjo ： “Thank you Alen for sharing the Sherpa side of the story as they don’t have the access to western media. The Sherpa community appreciates your unbiased viewpoint of the unfortunate event on Mt. Everest.”

Pasang ： “First Thank you Alan for your observations and report! I personally wishing that some Sherpa should write true observation report, and I know there are few Sherpas who wants to write as like you. Any way you did it. Hope now everything will be good, there in mountain’s holy place and media’s, hello place. Every once love right report with observation.”

Yangzin： “Namaste Allen，Thank you for clear news what had happened during the season and also about mutual goal. Really we have to preserve our relation since 1953ad. We have to follow and respect our relation what Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenjing Norge taught us. Thank you Allen for sharing point of view of both side.”

Nawang："It’s good to hear, other side story, I believe Sherpas would never initiate such act as mentioned in western media."

Ajay：“Dear Alan, Thank you so much for sharing this article. being a Nepali, i don’t want these conflicts to occur in Nepal with our guests. and the news published on http://www.planetmountain.com ( one of my friend in India who was closely reading updates of the climbers shared the news on her facebook) made me sad and worried about the 3 climbers. but at the same time, the news didn’t have the other side of the story so i was waiting for some news on Sherpas and how it got so intense that they had to fight for their existence or ego. now i’m clear about that had happened. Thank you once again.”

最後，所有西方主要媒體都忙著採訪三位西方當事人，這是大事，不少歐洲報紙到現在還把這件事當頭條，連美國都忙著湊熱鬧（三位當事人沒有一個美國人），訪問不到當事人，就訪問了 Mount3092 在前兩篇 po 的訊息的那位作者。

那位作者是在現場，可是他在訪問時說的話不太像對事情的起末有很多的了解，倒是說了很多他對雪巴人主觀的看法，不禁令人懷疑他在現場 “那裡”？“何時” 進入現場？更奇怪的，除了他，其它很多人也在現場，可是不但沒有什麼人願意公開講到底發生了什麼事，連敢講的人他（她）們的說法都支吾其詞，故意講不清楚。

當然，沒有一個西方媒體對採訪雪巴當事人有興趣，這是常態，毫不足奇。