Eight-year-old boy ‘over the moon’ to reach Everest base camp

Frankie McMillan completed his climb on April 9 (Basia McMillan/PA)

An eight-year-old mountaineer from Cumbria in the UK has said he is “over the moon” to have reached Everest base camp after setting out with his mother to raise money for charity.

Frankie McMillan has been regularly climbing mountains with mother Basia since he was a toddler, and last year took on his greatest challenge yet – becoming the youngest Briton to climb Mount Olympus in Greece.