The news is just in: at 14.00 (local time) Simone Moro and Denis Urubko reached the 8462m high summit of Makalu, carrying out the historic ... They succeeded fantastically 17 days after their arrival ...

Winter climbers have reached Base Camp on 8,163m Manaslu and 8,485m Makalu. Meanwhile, the Annapurna team has gone back to Kathmandu and is considering canceling the expedition entirely.