AdventureStats.com record 8,000m ascents not independently verified. Their website (Verifications and Disputes) states that unless given written proof otherwise, No proof other than the explorer's word is required, implying they give credit to Hawley's unverified allegations. It contrasts, for example, with Hawley, AdventureStats, and 's, acceptance of Denis Urubko's acclaimed 2009 ascent of Cho Oyu's Southeast face (and his 14th official eight-thousander), who reached the Cho Oyu summit plateau in the dark and in a snowstorm, per his summit photo from his AAJ log. (ascent number 2785 on Hawley's Himalayan Database).