High winds thwarted the Makalu climbers, who have now aborted their expedition. But they were the only winter 8,000m team to ...

All three descended to Base Camp the next day and their sights are now set on an even bigger objective, the difficult and enormous West Face of Makalu.

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.